Can a diet app help tame chronic pain? new study aims to find out
NCT ID NCT06277232
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing a mobile app called Diet4painrelief that helps people with chronic pain improve their eating habits. About 200 adults with chronic pain and a BMI of 25 or higher will take part. The goal is to see if the app can reduce pain, improve sleep, and make daily life easier.
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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 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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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: * Self reported Body Mass Index (BMI)\>=25; * Written consent to participate and attend to the pain rehabilitation program due to disabling chronic pain (on sick leave or experiencing major interference in daily life due to chronic pain) * Agreement not to participate in other parallel treatments for weight reduction * Not currently using medications of weight reduction * Available to get access to internet via own mobile/cellphone. Exclusion Criteria: * Health conditions such as pregnancy, active metabolic disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and serious psychiatric disease (investigator's judgement, eg, psychosis or suicidal ideation); * Coagulation disorders with predisposition to bleeding, medication with anticoagulants (low- dose aspirin is permitted); * hypersensitivity to anaesthetic * Difficulties in understanding the Swedish language.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Pain and Rehabilitation clinic
RECRUITINGLinköping, Östergötland County, Sweden
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