A Safety and Effectiveness Study of Prolonged Release Tapentadol Hydrochloride Among Filipino Patients With Moderate to Severe Chronic Non-Cancer Pain

A Post-Marketing Surveillance (PMS) Study on the Safety and Effectiveness of Prolonged Release Tapentadol Hydrochloride Among Adult Filipino Patients With Moderate To Severe Chronic Non-Cancer Pain

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of prolonged release tapentadol hydrochloride for the relief of moderate to severe chronic non-cancer pain among Filipino patients.

This is an open-label (all people know the identity of the intervention), multi-center (study conducted at multiple sites), observational study (study in which the investigators/ physicians observe the patients and measure their outcomes). The study will enroll approximately 100 patients who will be taking prolonged release tapentadol hydrochloride with a dosing regimen stipulated in the product insert. As this is an observational study, assessment of patient will be based on the accepted clinical practice in the Philippines. Patients will be monitored at baseline (Day 1) and throughout the 84-day treatment period of prolonged release tapentadol hydrochloride (every 7 days for the first two weeks, and thereafter every 28 days for the next three months) for effectiveness with the help of short form Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) questionnaire. Safety evaluations will include assessment of adverse events, clinical laboratory tests, and co-morbid conditions. The total study will be conducted for 3 years and the duration of treatment will be for 84 days.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Filipino patients with moderate to severe non-cancer pain with an onset of 12 weeks or less from the baseline visit and pain requires Schedule 2 opioid treatment as per assessment of the prescribing physician
• Patients who able to independently communicate pain characteristics, understand and complete self administered questionnaires
• Medically stable on the basis of routine physical examination, medical history, and vital signs at the time of baseline visit

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refuse to protocol-defined use of effective contraception
• Pregnant and lactating women
• Patients with severe renal and hepatic impairment, significant respiratory depression, acute or severe bronchial asthma or hypercapnia, and having or suspected paralytic ileus
• Patients with acute intoxication with alcohol, hypnotics, centrally acting analgesics, or psychotropic drugs or receiving other mu-opioid receptor agonist analgesics, general anesthetics, phenothiazines, other tranquilizers, and sedatives
• Patients who are receiving Monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors or who have taken them within the last 14 days
• Patients with documented history of increased intracranial pressure, impaired consciousness, coma and seizure