N/A N=30 Health Services Research

Improving Pain Management and Opioid Safety for Patients With Cirrhosis

Cirrhosis, Liver

Bottom Line

View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05128578 ↗

Enrolled (actual)

Serious AEs

0.0%

Results posted

Dec 2024

Primary outcome: Primary: Number of Participants Attending ≥80% of Intervention Sessions — 16; 5 Participants

Study Design & Population

Study type: Interventional
Phase: N/A
Interventions: Liver Education About Pain (LEAP) (Behavioral); Usual Care (Behavioral)
Age: Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex: All
Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh
Primary completion: Oct 2023

Outcome Measures

Outcome	Result	p-value
PRIMARY Number of Participants Attending ≥80% of Intervention Sessions	16; 5	—
PRIMARY Overall Satisfaction	1.56	—

Summary

This project aims to test a behavioral intervention in patients with liver cirrhosis and chronic pain and teach self pain-management skills.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

All participants must be over 18 years of age and fluent in English
Must have a diagnosis of cirrhosis
Must be receiving care at UPMC hepatology clinics
Must have chronic pain lasting at least 3 months

Exclusion Criteria

Participants will be excluded if they are younger than 18 years of age or are unable to provide informed consent for any reason
Participants will be excluded if they had a prior liver transplantation or have a limited life expectancy of less than 6 months

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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05128578). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.