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INTERACTIVE GUIDE TO MANAGING CANCER PAIN

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: National Institutes of Health
Contract: 2R44CA088625-02
Agency Tracking Number: CA088625
Amount: $678,807.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2002
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
HEALTHMARK MULTIMEDIA, LLC 1201 CONNECTICUT AVE NW, #250
WASHINGTON, DC 20036
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 SUSAN BRINK
 (202) 265-0033
 SBRINK@HEALTHMARKMULTIMEDIA.COM
Business Contact
 ANN MCFARREN
Phone: (202) 265-0033
Email: AEMCFARREN@HEALTHMARKMULTIMEDIA.COM
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Pain is one of the most dreaded sequelae
of a cancer diagnosis. An estimated 30 percent to 50 percent of patients
undergoing treatment for a solid tumor and from 70 percent to 90 percent of
patients with advanced disease experience pain. In this Phase II SBIR,
HealthMark Multimedia will develop an interactive media education and
self-management program on CD-ROM for persons experiencing cancer pain and
their caregiving family members. This interactive support system will assist
the patient and caregiver in participating with their health care team in the
pain management process. In Phase II we will research and produce the remaining
informational content and graphic elements and concurrently identify and
develop additional tools for the CD-ROM. The complete product will include an
interactive pain diary and information and tools on how to use
complementary/alternative methods of pain management and will generally build
on the elements in Phase I that helped the users to overcome obstacles to pain
relief. Product effectiveness in increasing cancer patients? self-efficacy, use
of tools, increased knowledge base, decreased pain, and increased use of pain
management techniques will be field-tested with patients experiencing pain as a
result of cancer and with caregivers.

PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: This product has commercial potential for direct sale to health consumers, and for use by a pharmaceutical company as value-added patient education, for sale of multiple users to health care organizations and individual providers. Currently, there are no interactive programs offering pain management information and interactive tools through new media.

* Information listed above is at the time of submission. *

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