Sickle Cell DiseaseNCT03291613
Gaming Technology to Engage Adolescent Sickle Cell Patients in Pain Management
A study testing Pinpoint App in people with Sickle Cell Disease, run by Klein Buendel, Inc. at 2 sites in United States.
Trial summary
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a common genetic disorder characterized by episodes of pain, yet assessments to identify type, intensity, frequency, and phase of pain among SCD adolescents is lacking. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 13 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Sickle Cell Disease
- What is being tested?
- Pinpoint App
- Type of treatment
- Pill or oral medicine
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 13 participants
- Where
- 2 sitesUnited States
- Study dates
- 15 Jan 2017to 30 Sep 2017
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 13 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Phone Interview, Focus Group, and Usability Inclusion Criteria:
- Be 13-17 years of age
- Be diagnosed with Sickle Cell Disease
- Able to read and speak English
- Able to assent to participate
Phone Interview, Focus Group, and Usability Exclusion Criteria:
- Not 13-17 years of age
- Not diagnosed with Sickle Cell Disease
- Unable to read and speak English
- Unable to assent to participate
Healthcare Provider Interview Inclusion Criteria:
- Be a healthcare provider to teens with sickle cell disease
- Be 18 years of age or older
- Able to read and speak English
- Able to consent to participate
Healthcare Provider Interview Exclusion Criteria:
- Not a healthcare provider to teens with sickle cell disease
- Not 18 years of age or older
- Unable to read and speak English
- Unable to consent to participate
Trial locations and contacts
2 sites in 1 country.
United States2 sites
Klein Buendel, Inc.
Golden, Colorado, 80401
Hilton Publishing Company
Munster, Indiana, 463213963
About this study
Official title: PINPOINT: Gaming Technology to Engage Adolescent Sickle Cell Patients in Precision Pain Management
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a common genetic disorder characterized by episodes of pain, yet assessments to identify type, intensity, frequency, and phase of pain among SCD adolescents is lacking. Research shows that interactive gaming technology can enhance adolescents' learning, and can be especially effective in delivering health-related messages and tools to improve their self-care. Pinpoint is an interactive gaming tablet app that will be developed with the significant input of clinical experts to assist SCD teens with better identification and self-report of their pain.
Read the detailed description
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common inherited blood disorder in the U.S. and disproportionately affects African Americans and Hispanics. Approximately, 1,000 U.S. children are born with SCD annually. SCD results from abnormal hemoglobin and causes red blood cells (RBCs) to become misshaped ("sickle-shaped"). Sickled cells can block the flow of blood in small arteries causing tissue and organ damage and other life-threatening comorbidities. SCD complications can be serious and have a significant impact upon well-being and quality of life. Pain is the hallmark symptom associated with SCD, and is the most common clinical problem seen in children and the number one cause of SCD-related hospital admissions. If left untreated, these painful episodes can result in morbidity and mortality. Accurate assessment of pain specifiers (type, frequency, and intensity of pain) can help with ameliorating pain quickly and effectively. Despite children being accurate self-reporters of their pain, strategies which are effective and engaging to assist with pain identification are lacking. Reducing barriers to collection and promoting the value of accurate SCD pain assessment is a need in pediatric medicine. Pinpoint will be an innovative interactive assessment tool that engages patients while allowing physicians to collect important health data. This project will test the feasibility of applying gamification principles to develop a tablet application ("app") for 13-17 year olds with SCD. Specifically, this Phase I SBIR project will (1) develop a Pain Assessment Tool (PAT) to describe and categorize specific types of pain experienced by adolescents with SCD; and (2) create an app ("Pinpoint"), that will translate the PAT into gamified technology. The goal of Pinpoint is to engage adolescent patients and improve pain specification by developing a game-based pain assessment tool delivered via a tablet app to engage adolescent SCD patients, improve their pain specification self-report, and improve pain management by clinicians. The PAT will be developed using expert guidance from preeminent SCD clinicians. User-centered Design theory will be applied in the development of the app and will be guided by iterative cognitive interviews and focus groups with members of the target population, SCD teens. The project specific aims are to (1) develop the PAT using guidance from an Expert Advisory Board (EAB) of SCD clinicians; (2) conduct a series of cognitive interviews with adolescent SCD patients to guide and refine PAT development; (3) conduct iterative focus groups with adolescent SCD patients to guide and refine user interface design of the Pinpoint app; (4) program a functional Pinpoint prototype; and (5) conduct usability testing of the prototype with 13-17 year old SCD patients to assess functionality, navigation, and satisfaction. This project is innovative and timely. Pinpoint will be the first tablet app to identify and translate specific pain types for SCD into a gamified app using applied gamification principles.
- Conditions
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Being tested
- Pinpoint App
- Keywords
- Sickle Cell Disease, Adolescence, Pain Assessment, Tablet Application, Pain, mHealth
- Medical subject headings
- Anemia, Sickle Cell, Pain
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Pinpoint AppOther
Tablet app with pain assessment and communication education, and pain assessment tool.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Pinpoint App | Experimental | Tablet application. Receives: Other: Pinpoint App |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
System Usability Questionnaire
Ten likert-type questions assessing user-friendliness of technology. Each question has five answer options that range from "Strongly Agree" to "Strongly Disagree". Scores range from 0-100. A score of 68 or above is considered above average. All scores averaged.
Measured: After 1-hour usability session
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted25 Sep 2017
- Study start15 Jan 2017
- Primary completion30 Sep 2017
- Study completion30 Sep 2017
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, outcome measures and adverse events reported by the sponsor.
- Publications (14)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Sickle Cell DiseaseStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 13 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Klein Buendel, Inc.
- Sponsor type
- Industry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Collaborators
- HPC International, Inc., National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Valerie Myers, PhD, Principal investigator, Klein Buendel, Inc.
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03291613
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 1R43MD010746-01
- Other IDs
- 0308, 1R43MD010746-01
- Status last verified
- Jan 2019
- First submitted
- 20 Sep 2017
- Last updated
- 6 Feb 2019
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Publications
Brawley OW, Cornelius LJ, Edwards LR, Gamble VN, Green BL, Inturrisi C, James AH, Laraque D, Mendez M, Montoya CJ, Pollock BH, Robinson L, Scholnik AP, Schori M. National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference statement: hydroxyurea treatment for sickle cell disease. Ann Intern Med. 2008 Jun 17;148(12):932-8. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-148-12-200806170-00220. Epub 2008 May 5. No abstract available.
PubMed 18458271Cope A, Darbyshire PJ. Sickle cell disease, update on management. Paediatrics and Child Health. 2013;23(11):480-485.
Mukerji I. About sickle cell disease.Sicklecellinfo.net Web site. Available at: http://www.sicklecellinfo.net/index.htm. Published 2004. Updated March 5, 2004. Accessed March 5, 2015.
Bhagat VM, Baviskar SR, Mudey AB, Goyal RC. Poor health related quality of life among patients of sickle cell disease. Indian J Palliat Care. 2014 May;20(2):107-11. doi: 10.4103/0973-1075.132622.
PubMed 25125865Schnog JB, Duits AJ, Muskiet FA, ten Cate H, Rojer RA, Brandjes DP. Sickle cell disease; a general overview. Neth J Med. 2004 Nov;62(10):364-74.
PubMed 15683091Stinson J, Naser B. Pain management in children with sickle cell disease. Paediatr Drugs. 2003;5(4):229-41. doi: 10.2165/00128072-200305040-00003.
PubMed 12662119Ameringer S, Elswick RK Jr, Smith W. Fatigue in adolescents and young adults with sickle cell disease: biological and behavioral correlates and health-related quality of life. J Pediatr Oncol Nurs. 2014 Jan-Feb;31(1):6-17. doi: 10.1177/1043454213514632. Epub 2013 Dec 30.
PubMed 24378816Dampier C, Ely B, Brodecki D, O'Neal P. Characteristics of pain managed at home in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease by using diary self-reports. J Pain. 2002 Dec;3(6):461-70. doi: 10.1054/jpai.2002.128064.
PubMed 14622732Schatz J, Schlenz AM, McClellan CB, Puffer ES, Hardy S, Pfeiffer M, Roberts CW. Changes in coping, pain, and activity after cognitive-behavioral training: a randomized clinical trial for pediatric sickle cell disease using smartphones. Clin J Pain. 2015 Jun;31(6):536-47. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000183.
PubMed 25503599Dampier C, Lieff S, LeBeau P, Rhee S, McMurray M, Rogers Z, Smith-Whitley K, Wang W; Comprehensive Sickle Cell Centers (CSCC) Clinical Trial Consortium (CTC). Health-related quality of life in children with sickle cell disease: a report from the Comprehensive Sickle Cell Centers Clinical Trial Consortium. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Sep;55(3):485-94. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22497.
PubMed 20658620Crandall M, Savedra M. Multidimensional assessment using the adolescent pediatric pain tool: a case report. J Spec Pediatr Nurs. 2005 Jul-Sep;10(3):115-23. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6155.2005.00023.x.
PubMed 16083431Franck LS, Treadwell M, Jacob E, Vichinsky E. Assessment of sickle cell pain in children and young adults using the adolescent pediatric pain tool. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2002 Feb;23(2):114-20. doi: 10.1016/s0885-3924(01)00407-9.
PubMed 11844631Lopez G, Liles DK, Knupp CL. Edmonton Symptom Assessment System for outpatient symptom monitoring of sickle cell disease. South Med J. 2014 Dec;107(12):768-72. doi: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000209.
PubMed 25502156Panepinto JA, O'Mahar KM, DeBaun MR, Loberiza FR, Scott JP. Health-related quality of life in children with sickle cell disease: child and parent perception. Br J Haematol. 2005 Aug;130(3):437-44. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2005.05622.x.
PubMed 16042695
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 6 Feb 2019. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- PINPOINT: Gaming Technology to Engage Adolescent Sickle Cell Patients in Precision Pain Management
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03291613
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 1R43MD010746-01
- Conditions
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Keywords
- Sickle Cell Disease, Adolescence, Pain Assessment, Tablet Application, Pain, mHealth
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 13 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Klein Buendel, Inc.Industry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Collaborators
- HPC International, Inc., National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
- Study start
- 15 Jan 2017 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Sep 2017 (actual)
- Study completion
- 30 Sep 2017 (actual)
- First posted
- 25 Sep 2017 (actual)
- Results
- Posted 6 Feb 2019
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a common genetic disorder characterized by episodes of pain, yet assessments to identify type, intensity, frequency, and phase of pain among SCD adolescents is lacking. Research shows that interactive gaming technology can enhance adolescents' learning, and can be especially effective in delivering health-related messages and tools to improve their self-care. Pinpoint is an interactive gaming tablet app that will be developed with the significant input of clinical experts to assist SCD teens with better identification and self-report of their pain.
Detailed description
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common inherited blood disorder in the U.S. and disproportionately affects African Americans and Hispanics. Approximately, 1,000 U.S. children are born with SCD annually. SCD results from abnormal hemoglobin and causes red blood cells (RBCs) to become misshaped ("sickle-shaped"). Sickled cells can block the flow of blood in small arteries causing tissue and organ damage and other life-threatening comorbidities. SCD complications can be serious and have a significant impact upon well-being and quality of life. Pain is the hallmark symptom associated with SCD, and is the most common clinical problem seen in children and the number one cause of SCD-related hospital admissions. If left untreated, these painful episodes can result in morbidity and mortality. Accurate assessment of pain specifiers (type, frequency, and intensity of pain) can help with ameliorating pain quickly and effectively. Despite children being accurate self-reporters of their pain, strategies which are effective and engaging to assist with pain identification are lacking. Reducing barriers to collection and promoting the value of accurate SCD pain assessment is a need in pediatric medicine. Pinpoint will be an innovative interactive assessment tool that engages patients while allowing physicians to collect important health data. This project will test the feasibility of applying gamification principles to develop a tablet application ("app") for 13-17 year olds with SCD. Specifically, this Phase I SBIR project will (1) develop a Pain Assessment Tool (PAT) to describe and categorize specific types of pain experienced by adolescents with SCD; and (2) create an app ("Pinpoint"), that will translate the PAT into gamified technology. The goal of Pinpoint is to engage adolescent patients and improve pain specification by developing a game-based pain assessment tool delivered via a tablet app to engage adolescent SCD patients, improve their pain specification self-report, and improve pain management by clinicians. The PAT will be developed using expert guidance from preeminent SCD clinicians. User-centered Design theory will be applied in the development of the app and will be guided by iterative cognitive interviews and focus groups with members of the target population, SCD teens. The project specific aims are to (1) develop the PAT using guidance from an Expert Advisory Board (EAB) of SCD clinicians; (2) conduct a series of cognitive interviews with adolescent SCD patients to guide and refine PAT development; (3) conduct iterative focus groups with adolescent SCD patients to guide and refine user interface design of the Pinpoint app; (4) program a functional Pinpoint prototype; and (5) conduct usability testing of the prototype with 13-17 year old SCD patients to assess functionality, navigation, and satisfaction. This project is innovative and timely. Pinpoint will be the first tablet app to identify and translate specific pain types for SCD into a gamified app using applied gamification principles.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Pinpoint App | Experimental | Other: Pinpoint AppTablet application. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 13 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Pinpoint AppTablet app with pain assessment and communication education, and pain assessment tool. | Other | Pinpoint App |
Primary outcome
System Usability Questionnaire
Time frame: After 1-hour usability session
Ten likert-type questions assessing user-friendliness of technology. Each question has five answer options that range from "Strongly Agree" to "Strongly Disagree". Scores range from 0-100. A score of 68 or above is considered above average. All scores averaged.
Results and safety
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Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 6 Feb 2019.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.
- Background: PubMed 18458271Brawley OW, Cornelius LJ, Edwards LR, Gamble VN, Green BL, Inturrisi C, James AH, Laraque D, Mendez M, Montoya CJ, Pollock BH, Robinson L, Scholnik AP, Schori M. National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference statement: hydroxyurea treatment for sickle cell disease. Ann Intern Med. 2008 Jun 17;148(12):932-8. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-148-12-200806170-00220. Epub 2008 May 5. No abstract available.
- BackgroundCope A, Darbyshire PJ. Sickle cell disease, update on management. Paediatrics and Child Health. 2013;23(11):480-485.
- BackgroundMukerji I. About sickle cell disease.Sicklecellinfo.net Web site. Available at: http://www.sicklecellinfo.net/index.htm. Published 2004. Updated March 5, 2004. Accessed March 5, 2015.
- Background: PubMed 25125865Bhagat VM, Baviskar SR, Mudey AB, Goyal RC. Poor health related quality of life among patients of sickle cell disease. Indian J Palliat Care. 2014 May;20(2):107-11. doi: 10.4103/0973-1075.132622.
- Background: PubMed 15683091Schnog JB, Duits AJ, Muskiet FA, ten Cate H, Rojer RA, Brandjes DP. Sickle cell disease; a general overview. Neth J Med. 2004 Nov;62(10):364-74.
- Background: PubMed 12662119Stinson J, Naser B. Pain management in children with sickle cell disease. Paediatr Drugs. 2003;5(4):229-41. doi: 10.2165/00128072-200305040-00003.
- Background: PubMed 24378816Ameringer S, Elswick RK Jr, Smith W. Fatigue in adolescents and young adults with sickle cell disease: biological and behavioral correlates and health-related quality of life. J Pediatr Oncol Nurs. 2014 Jan-Feb;31(1):6-17. doi: 10.1177/1043454213514632. Epub 2013 Dec 30.
- Background: PubMed 14622732Dampier C, Ely B, Brodecki D, O'Neal P. Characteristics of pain managed at home in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease by using diary self-reports. J Pain. 2002 Dec;3(6):461-70. doi: 10.1054/jpai.2002.128064.
- Background: PubMed 25503599Schatz J, Schlenz AM, McClellan CB, Puffer ES, Hardy S, Pfeiffer M, Roberts CW. Changes in coping, pain, and activity after cognitive-behavioral training: a randomized clinical trial for pediatric sickle cell disease using smartphones. Clin J Pain. 2015 Jun;31(6):536-47. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000183.
- Background: PubMed 20658620Dampier C, Lieff S, LeBeau P, Rhee S, McMurray M, Rogers Z, Smith-Whitley K, Wang W; Comprehensive Sickle Cell Centers (CSCC) Clinical Trial Consortium (CTC). Health-related quality of life in children with sickle cell disease: a report from the Comprehensive Sickle Cell Centers Clinical Trial Consortium. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Sep;55(3):485-94. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22497.
- Background: PubMed 16083431Crandall M, Savedra M. Multidimensional assessment using the adolescent pediatric pain tool: a case report. J Spec Pediatr Nurs. 2005 Jul-Sep;10(3):115-23. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6155.2005.00023.x.
- Background: PubMed 11844631Franck LS, Treadwell M, Jacob E, Vichinsky E. Assessment of sickle cell pain in children and young adults using the adolescent pediatric pain tool. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2002 Feb;23(2):114-20. doi: 10.1016/s0885-3924(01)00407-9.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Valerie Myers, PhD principal investigator
Klein Buendel, Inc.
2 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Pinpoint App in people with Sickle Cell Disease, run by Klein Buendel, Inc. at 2 sites in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 6 Feb 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 2 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 6 Feb 2019). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
System Usability Questionnaire (time frame: After 1-hour usability session). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03291613, which also lists 14 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 6 Feb 2019.