Safe, comprehensive digital cancer pain care (ASCENT)
Achieving Safe, Comprehensive, Digitally-Enabled Cancer Pain managemeNT” (ASCENT) Clinical Trial
A digital care program aims to help adults with advanced cancer get safer, more complete pain treatment.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Mayo Clinic Rochester NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Rochester, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11187218 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You would be offered a digitally-supported, team-based pain program that combines medications with non-drug approaches to manage cancer pain. The care team uses a modified Collaborative Care Model and team-based elements to monitor your symptoms, address provider bias, and link you with multimodal pain specialists. Your electronic health record would help the team track needs and coordinate referrals, with remote check-ins to reach patients in isolated or resource-limited areas. The program focuses on improving pain detection, reducing inappropriate opioid use, and making broader access to multimodal pain care possible.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Adults (21+) with advanced cancer who are experiencing cancer-related pain and receive care at participating or linked health systems are the likely candidates.
Not a fit: People whose pain is not related to cancer, who lack access to the required digital tools, or who are not treated within participating health systems may not benefit.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could make safer, more effective multimodal pain care easier to get for people with advanced cancer.
How similar studies have performed: Prior adaptations of the Collaborative Care Model and team-based approaches for cancer symptoms have shown promise, but delivering multimodal cancer pain care through integrated digital systems is still relatively new.
Where this research is happening
Rochester, United States
- Mayo Clinic Rochester — Rochester, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Cheville, Andrea Lynne — Mayo Clinic Rochester
- Study coordinator: Cheville, Andrea Lynne
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.