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The purpose of this study is to describe how often advanced cancer patients experience breakthrough pain (BTcP), and to describe how this pain is treated, and how effective these treatments are.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced cancer patients with pain |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| number of patients who experience BTcP | one year | |
| treatments used to treat BTcP | one year |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| pain intensity | evaluate the relationship between pain intensity, patient characteristics, and clinician choice of pain medication | 4 weeks |
| time to pain relief of BTcP | 4 weeks |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
· More than 6 episodes of BTcP within any of 3 days previous to registration into study
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Patients with advanced cancer and chronic pain being controlled with opiods.
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Arturo Cuomo, M.D. | NCI Naples, Division of Pain Therapy | Principal Investigator |
| Francesco Perrone, M.D., Ph.D. | NCI Naples, Clinical Trials Unit | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Ospedale San Leonardo | Castellammare di Stabia | Italy | ||||
| Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori , Unita Terapia Antalgica |
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| ID | Term |
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| D010146 | Pain |
| D009437 | Neuralgia |
| D010148 | Pain, Intractable |
| D009369 | Neoplasms |
| ID | Term |
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| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
| D010523 | Peripheral Nervous System Diseases |
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| initial dose of therapy (in morphine equivalents) for BTcP | to verify a correlation between initial dose for BTcP and daily dose of baseline pain therapy | 4 weeks |
| effective dose for BTcP | to verify a correlation between effective dose for BTcP and daily dose of baseline pain therapy (dose reported in morphine equivalents) | 4 weeks |
| Naples |
| Italy |
| S. Maria della Pietà | Nola | Italy |
| D009468 | Neuromuscular Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |