Could a smartphone app ease the agony of waiting for chronic pain treatment?
NCT ID NCT07659873
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a self-guided digital psychology app, called Manage My Pain, along with weekly email reminders, for people with fibromyalgia or chronic pelvic pain who are on a waitlist for specialized pain care. The goal is to see if this approach is feasible and acceptable, and whether it helps improve pain self-management and reduce distress. Sixty adults referred to a pain clinic will use the app and provide feedback through surveys and interviews.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Manage My Pain app (digital psychology intervention) and reminder emails
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could provide a scalable, low-cost way to support chronic pain patients during long wait times, reducing distress and improving self-management.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small feasibility study (60 participants), so results may not apply broadly. The intervention is self-guided, and engagement or benefit may vary widely.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Must be deemed to have capacity to provide informed consent; 2. Must sign and date the informed consent form; 3. Must state willingness to comply with all study procedures; 4. Must be at least 18 years of age; 5. Must be referred to TAPMI; 6. Must have either fibromyalgia or chronic pelvic pain 7. Must be on the waitlist at TAPMI; 8. Must have access to a device that can connect to the Internet with access to email. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Currently engaged in psychotherapy or engaged in psychotherapy within the last month at the time of enrolment; 2. Unable to read, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to provide informed consent and complete the study procedures and questionnaires; 3. Has active serious mental illness or psychiatric instability that, in the opinion of the research team, may impair the ability to safely participate in the study or to provide informed consent (e.g., active psychosis, active mania); 4. Has a visual, auditory, or other functional impairment that would prevent independent access to and use of the digital intervention and study procedures on an internet-enabled device.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Women's College Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1B2, Canada
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