Preferences in Pain Treatment: A Discrete Choice Experiment in Patients With Peripheral Neuropathic Pain (pNP)

LinkCare GmbH153 enrolled

Overview

The objective of this study is to identify and weight attributes of topic and systemic pain treatment options relevant from the patients' perspective with peripheral neuropathic pain. The study will use a discrete choice experimental design to reach its objective.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

153

Conditions

Neuralgia Peripheral Neuropathic Pain Patient Preference

Interventions

Discrete Choice ExperimentOTHER

An online-based Discrete-Choice Experiment (DCE) using a survey for stated treatment preferences and socio-demographics. Furthermore, the neuropathic pain component will be assessed in all patients with the Numeric Pain Rating Scale instrument.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with diagnosed peripheral neuropathic pain (pNP) as assessed by study sites Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with no sufficient knowledge in written or oral German as assessed by study sites

Locations (3)

LinkCare GmbH

Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Schmerz- und Palliativzentrum Rhein-Main

Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany

Schmerzpraxis Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Patient preferences for topical and systemic pain treatment attributes

Utility values obtained via multinominal logit estimates from discrete choice experiment

Time frame: 20 minutes after survey start

Secondary Outcomes

Relevance of attributes attributed with topical and systemic pain treatment

Derived from Likert scale

Time frame: 5 minutes after survey start

Marginal rate of substitution against pain reduction

Derived from discrete choice experiment

Time frame: 20 minutes after survey start

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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