Development of a Personalised Care Plan Designed to Reduce Chronic

Status Active, not recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

Numerous surveys have shown that following breast surgery, longterm pain affects around half of patients. Given that 1 in 9 women will get breast cancer and that surgery is the cornerstone of treatment, persistent pain represents a major challenge. In addition to the suffering chronic pain causes to individual patients, the investigators know that it places a substantial burden on families and carers, and that patients with pain represent an excessive demand on healthcare resources.

This research will evaluate the impact of introducing a proactive, integrated care plan for patients having breast surgery. It will assess the effect of the care plan on reducing the number of patients with pain at 3 and 12 months after their procedure.

The personalised plan involves numerous evidence based steps linked by a single unifying description aimed at controlling pain, before, during and after the procedure, in hospital and at home.

Patients at risk of developing pain will be identified prior to the procedure and randomly allocated to follow either the personalised care plan or to receive 'usual' care. In the personalised care plan group, participants will get information about chronic pain, be screened for pain and offered immediate treatment. During their procedure both the surgeon and the anaesthetist will offer treatments such as nerve numbing procedures that reduce the likelihood of experiencing pain.

After their procedure, patients will be again screened for pain and further treatment instigated. Physiotherapists and other allied health professionals such as psychologists will also be involved as appropriate. A package of care for pain will then be passed on to the patients' GP, in the form of a written pain management plan, for ongoing care which will be linked to the hospital. Patients from both groups will be followed up for a year at regular intervals.

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Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Prevention

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT02170415
Study type	Interventional
Source	Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Contact
Status	Active, not recruiting
Phase	N/A
Start date	June 2014
Completion date	February 2018

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Development of a Personalised Care Plan Designed to Reduce Chronic Post-Operative Pain Following Breast Surgery

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