Notice ID: 75N91022Q00036
“Objective: The primary purpose of this acquisition is to design the PAINS-pNF and PII-pNF measures to be administered via a mobile application or web-based platform to conduct the second phase of POB’s study which consists of evaluating the final electronic versions of these two pain PRO measures on reliability, validity, and feasibility in individuals with NF1 and pNFs ages 8 years and older. These pain PRO measures need to be administered in participants’ homes daily for two weeks to ensure real-time assessments of pain in their natural environments.”
“Thus, POB will work with the Contractor to develop a mobile application (app) to: (1) Be able to administer these PRO pain measures easily to youth and adults from the comfort of their homes via a web-based platform or via mobile phone; (2) Have the measures exactly like POB had developed them using patient input; and (3) Be able to have questionnaires work on a range of devices including computers, tablets, and smartphones.”
“Developing and administering these PRO measures at home using the app or web-based platforms will allow POB to validate these measures to assess tumor pain and pain intensity in children through adults with pNF for use in clinical trials.”
“These would be the first measures specifically developed to assess NF-related pain which are sorely needed to document changes associated with new treatments being evaluated in clinical trials being done in collaboration with the POB, NCI.”
“Scope: POB needs a mobile software platform that is able to facilitate data collection in a private and confidential way in participants’ homes via their own smartphone devices or via web links. The mobile or web application must enable research participants to complete electronic versions of the pain intensity measures in their homes daily and other measures (e.g., pain interference measures) weekly.”
“POB also requires the software platform to provide a researcher portal through which the research team will have access participants’ dashboards to indicate data completion. The Contractor’s development team will provide training on the administration of these questionnaires as well as to be available to troubleshoot any technical problems as needed during the study.”
