Please select the arm or intervention descriptions that belong to the clinical trial below.
Title: Balancing Treatment Outcomes and Medication Burden Among Patients With Symptomatic Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
Brief Summary: Painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) affects more than 5.5 million people with diabetes. People with painful DPN have trouble sleeping, participating in social events, and conducting daily activities such as going to the store. Several prescription medications are available for the treatment of DPN symptoms, but none work perfectly and all have side effects that may be difficult for some patients.

When patients report their symptoms and side effects to their doctor, they provide the doctor with important information to help them make adjustments to treatment that will help with symptoms and that the patient can tolerate in terms of side effects. In some cases, doctors may encourage patients to make these changes on their own at home based on their experience with therapy. However, patients may have a long time between visits to their doctor and may have trouble describing their symptoms to their doctor during a brief 10 to 15 minute visit.

This clinical trial explores the possibility of computerized telephone calls to patients (Interactive Voice Response, IVR, technology) to gather information about treatment experiences that can then be reported to the doctor or used to guide patients to make changes in how they take the medication. It addresses the following question: Can routinely asking patients about their experiences with medications and using that information to encourage clinically appropriate titration improve patient quality of life?

The investigators hypothesize that systematic collection and feedback of information about DPN treatment preferences and experience from newly treated patients to their primary care physician will facilitate treatment changes that improve patient outcomes


Options:
A: Arm Label: IVR Intervention Group; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: IVR Intervention Group | Arm Label: IVR Control Group; Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: IVR Intervention Group; Assigned to Arm(s): IVR Intervention Group
B: Arm Label: IMPROVED Intervention; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Other: IMPROVED | Arm Label: Usual Care; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Other: Usual Care | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: IMPROVED; Assigned to Arm(s): IMPROVED Intervention | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Usual Care; Assigned to Arm(s): Usual Care
C: Arm Label: intervention group; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: quality of life pathway | Arm Label: control group; Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Other: placebo control | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: quality of life pathway; Assigned to Arm(s): intervention group | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: placebo control; Assigned to Arm(s): control group
D: Arm Label: Patient reported safety experiences fed back to PC providers; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Patient reported safety experiences fed back to PC providers | Arm Label: Patient reported safety experiences not fed back to providers; Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Patient reported safety experiences fed back to PC providers; Assigned to Arm(s): Patient reported safety experiences fed back to PC providers

Answer: A