Partnering with patients in clinical trials of pain treatments: a narrative review. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The interest and the rationale for meaningful engagement of patients as partners in clinical trials of pain treatments has been increasing. No specific guidance on patient engagement for pain research studies currently exists; thus, the goal of this narrative review was to provide a historical perspective and a current evaluation of the literature on engaging patients as partners in clinical studies in general and in pain-related studies more specifically. We described how regulatory and funding agencies have developed approaches to incorporate input from patients and patient partners in their decision-making processes. We provided an overview on key practices of patient recruitment and engagement as partners in clinical research and highlighted the perceived benefits and challenges of such partnerships. We summarized factors that can facilitate or hinder meaningful patient engagement in clinical trials of pain treatments and outlined gaps that future research should address to optimize patient-centered clinical research.

publication date

  • January 28, 2022

Research

keywords

  • Pain
  • Patient Participation

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85138450867

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002600

PubMed ID

  • 35297799

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 163

issue

  • 10