COA-APTIC Cognitive Interview Study of Caregiver and Clinician Assessment of Acute Pain in Infants and Young Children

Duke University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Acute Pain

Treatments: Other: cognitive interview

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT06164028

Pro00112874

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluate the content validity and comprehensibility of a caregiver observer-reported outcome assessment and clinician-reported assessments for acute pain in children aged 0 to <2 years. The primary objective of the Qualitative Protocol in the UH3 phase study is to establish or create reliable Clinical Outcome Assessments (COAs) and endpoints that can assess acute pain during clinical trials of pain therapeutics specifically designed for infants and young children (0 - <2 years).

Full description

The study aims to assess understandability (clarity) and content validity of the newly designed clinician-reported outcome (ClinRO) and the existing clinician-reported outcome (ClinRO) measures of acute pain in infants and young children who are 0 to <2 years of age.

This qualitative research employs 60-minute cognitive interviews conducted through phone or zoom by a trained interviewer. The study involves caregivers with children aged 0 to <2 years old who are experiencing or have experienced acute pain, and clinicians who dedicate at least half of their clinical time caring for pediatric patients within the same age range.

The data analysis will be of a qualitative nature and rely on in-depth interviews conducted with relatively limited sample sizes.

The study entails utilizing standard interview techniques and poses a negligible amount of risk. However, there is the potential risk of loss of confidentiality.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Caregivers

• Cares for a child who is both: Between 0 and <2 years of age and experiencing or has experienced acute pain in the past four weeks in one of the following categories: Malignant or non-malignant visceral or hematologic disease; Surgery (or other procedure); Trauma or injury ; Congenital conditions
• Is over the age of 18 years
• Can speak and understand English or Spanish
• Is capable of and willing to provide informed consent for interview participation and to collect data from the child's medical record.

Clinicians

• Practicing clinician in a clinical care environment
• Treats or works with pediatric patients who are between 0 and <2 years of age AND being treated for acute pain.
• Cares for pediatric patients >50% of their clinical time.
• Holds one of the following titles/positions: physician, clinical pharmacist (Pharm D), nurse practitioner, physician's assistant, nurse (with a BSN/RN or higher)
• Is over the age of 18 years
• Can speak and understand English
• Is capable of and willing to provide informed consent for interview participation.

Exclusion criteria

• Lack of access to a telephone or computer for interview
• For caregivers, has a child with acute pain who is premature at less than 32 weeks corrected gestational age at the time of enrollment and no other eligible child.

Trial design

60 participants in 2 patient groups

Caregiver

Description:

Participants will take part in a semi-structured qualitative interview (\~1 hour). The first set of questions will provide an opportunity for the caregiver to describe the type of conditions or injuries their child has experienced and how their child reacted to the potentially painful experiences. Subsequently, the cognitive interview scripts will be structured to evaluate different components of the questionnaire (ObsRO measure), including the instructions, the question stems, the response options, and other key aspects of the COA.Once the participant has completed the questionnaire, the interviewer will probe on additional issues related to informing the assessment of content validity.

Treatment:

Other: cognitive interview

Clinician

Description:

Participants will take part in a semi-structured qualitative interview (\~1 hour). The first set of questions will provide an opportunity for the clinicians to describe observable indicators that a young child is in pain. 4 YouTube video links based on age groups (birth to 1 month,1 month to 6 months, 6 months to 12 months, and12 months to 24 months), will be reviewed by participants. Clinicians will be asked to rate the child's pain using the ClinRO measures while being probed for question content and understanding. Subsequently, the cognitive interview scripts will be structured to evaluate different components of the ClinRO measures, including the instructions, the question stems, the response options, and other key aspects of the COA. Once the participant has completed the questionnaire, the interviewer will probe on additional issues related to informing the assessment of content validity.

Treatment:

Other: cognitive interview