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COA-APTIC Caregiver Concept Elicitation Study: A Qualitative Concept Elicitation Study to Identify Important Aspects of Pain Assessment, Treatment, and Response to Treatment in Children Who Are 0 to <3 Years of Age

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What is being collected

Data Collection

Collected from today forward - Prospective
Who is being recruted

Neurologic Manifestations+2

+ Pain

+ Signs and Symptoms

Over 18 Years
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How is the trial designed

Cohort

Tracking disease incidence in order to identify risk factors and understand disease progression over time.
Observational
Study Start: June 2021
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Summary

Principal SponsorDuke University
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Study start date: June 23, 2021

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

The purpose of this study is to identify important endpoints and outcomes for use in pediatric trials for acute pain therapeutics in infants and young children from a caregiver's perception. Study team members will conduct phone-based qualitative interviews, using a semi-structured interview guide, with 42 primary caregivers of pediatric patients under 3 years of age who are experiencing or have experienced acute pain. Once participants give verbal consent, they will fill out a demographics form. Interviews will last about one hour and will address the participant's experience recognizing and managing their child's acute pain. The investigators will use these concept elicitation interviews to identify important aspects of acute pain assessment, treatment, and response to treatment in children who are under 3 years old. Interviews will be audio recorded and transcribed with participant permission. Transcripts or interviewer notes will be reviewed by two analysts and will be double coded until inter-rater reliability is reached by agreement of at least 80%. The study team will conduct a thematic analysis of the coded transcripts. This is a minimal risk study. All information will be kept confidential and information will be stored on a secure network which is only accessible to the study team.

Official TitleCOA-APTIC Caregiver Concept Elicitation Study: A Qualitative Concept Elicitation Study to Identify Important Aspects of Pain Assessment, Treatment, and Response to Treatment in Children Who Are 0 to <3 Years of Age
NCT04392180
Principal SponsorDuke University
Last updated: January 28, 2026
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

44 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Cohort

These studies follow a group of individuals with common characteristics (such as a condition or birth year) over a specific period to study health outcomes or exposures.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

Over 18 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Neurologic ManifestationsPainSigns and SymptomsPathological Conditions, Signs and SymptomsAcute Pain

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Cares for a child who is both: * Between 0 and \<3 years of age * Experiencing or has experienced acute pain in one of the following categories: * Malignant or non-malignant visceral or hematologic disease * Surgery (or other procedure) * Trauma or injury * Congenital conditions 2. Is over the age of 18 years old. 3. Can speak and understand English. 4. Is capable of and willing to provide informed consent for interview participation and to collect medical data from the child's medical record. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Lack of access to a telephone or computer for interview 2. Has a child with acute pain that is extremely premature (less than 32 weeks gestation at the time of enrollment) and no other eligible child.

Study Plan

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Study Objectives

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

Suspended

Duke University

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CompletedOne Study Center