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Clinical- and cost-effectiveness of the STAR care pathway compared to usual care for patients with chronic pain after total knee replacement : study protocol for a UK randomised controlled trial

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Wylde, Vikki, Bertram, Wendy, Beswick, Andrew D., Blom, Ashley W., Bruce, J. (Julie), Burston, Amanda, Dennis, Jane, Garfield, Kirsty, Howells, Nicholas, Lane, Athene et al.
(2018) Clinical- and cost-effectiveness of the STAR care pathway compared to usual care for patients with chronic pain after total knee replacement : study protocol for a UK randomised controlled trial. Trials, 19 (1). 132. doi:10.1186/s13063-018-2516-8 ISSN 1745-6215.

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Abstract

Background:

Approximately 20% of patients experience chronic pain after total knee replacement. There is little evidence for effective interventions for the management of this pain, and current healthcare provision is patchy and inconsistent. Given the complexity of this condition, multimodal and individualised interventions matched to pain characteristics are needed. We have undertaken a comprehensive programme of work to develop a care pathway for patients with chronic pain after total knee replacement. This protocol describes the design of a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the clinical- and cost-effectiveness of a complex intervention care pathway compared with usual care.

Methods:

This is a pragmatic two-armed, open, multi-centred randomised controlled trial conducted within secondary care in the UK. Patients will be screened at 2 months after total knee replacement and 381 patients with chronic pain at 3 months postoperatively will be recruited. Recruitment processes will be optimised through qualitative research during a 6-month internal pilot phase. Patients are randomised using a 2:1 intervention:control allocation ratio. All participants receive usual care as provided by their hospital. The intervention comprises an assessment clinic appointment at 3 months postoperatively with an Extended Scope Practitioner and up to six telephone follow-up calls over 12 months. In the assessment clinic, a standardised protocol is followed to identify potential underlying causes for the chronic pain and enable appropriate onward referrals to existing services for targeted and individualised treatment. Outcomes are assessed by questionnaires at 6 and 12 months after randomisation. The co-primary outcomes are pain severity and pain interference assessed using the Brief Pain Inventory at 12 months after randomisation. Secondary outcomes relate to resource use, function, neuropathic pain, mental well-being, use of pain medications, satisfaction with pain relief, pain frequency, capability, health-related quality of life and bodily pain. After trial completion, up to 30 patients in the intervention group will be interviewed about their experiences of the care pathway.

Discussion:

If shown to be clinically and cost-effective, this care pathway intervention could improve the management of chronic pain after total knee replacement.

Trial registration:

ISRCTN registry (ISRCTN92545361), prospectively registered on 30 August 2016.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RD Surgery
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Clinical Trials Unit
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School
SWORD Depositor: Library Publications Router
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Total knee replacement -- Cost effectiveness, Postoperative pain, Clinical trials
Journal or Publication Title: Trials
Publisher: Biomed Central
ISSN: 1745-6215
Official Date: 21 February 2018
Dates:
DateEvent
21 February 2018Published
30 January 2018Accepted
Volume: 19
Number: 1
Article Number: 132
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-018-2516-8
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 17 April 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access: 17 April 2018
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
RP-PG-0613-20001National Institute for Health Researchhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000272

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