This clinical trial will evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of a palliative care pharmacist-led group telehealth opioid education session for palliative care patients prescribed opioids for cancer-related pain. While opioids are commonly used in palliative care settings to manage cancer-related pain, their significant side effects, complicated administration requirements, and concerns about addiction can make it challenging for patients to use opioids safely and effectively. Some patients may even avoid opioids altogether because of these concerns, even when opioids are clinically indicated, leading to poor symptom control. To address these challenges, a telehealth education session was developed as a clinical initiative by a palliative care pharmacist, addressing safe and effective opioid management. Educational priorities and session content were informed by a survey of interdisciplinary palliative care clinicians that identified barriers and facilitators to opioid education and key patient educational needs. Patients scheduled to attend a pharmacist-led group telehealth opioid education session who enroll in the study will complete a survey before the session and another survey afterward. This study will assess the feasibility and acceptability of delivering the intervention, as well as its preliminary effects on opioid knowledge and self-efficacy. If feasible and acceptable, this pharmacist-led telehealth education model could represent a scalable strategy to improve opioid management for patients with cancer-related pain.
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
sballard@fredhutch.org206-667-4222
Patients scheduled to attend a pharmacist-led group telehealth opioid education session who enroll in the study will complete a survey before the session and another survey afterward. After attending the pharmacist education session, patients will receive a patient education handout summarizing the educational content.
Cancer Pain Rehabilitation Program to Reduce Pain Related Distress, and Reliance of Pain Medication Through Multimodal Nonpharmacological Solutions
Integrative Palliative Care/Psycho-Oncology Telehealth Intervention in Patients With Advanced Cancer
Opioid Titration in the Hospice Setting: Barriers Assessment and Modification of the Model Order Sheet and Protocol
Pain and Symptom Management in Rural Communities
Nurse Practitioner Hospice Program for Patients With Terminal Metastatic Cancer and Their Families or Caregivers
Pharmacist-led Transitions of Care in the Outpatient Oncology Infusion Center for Patients With Solid Tumor
Palliative Care Intervention in Patients With Solid Tumors Participating in Phase I Clinical Trials
Helping Ovarian Cancer Patients Cope With Their Illness (HOPE)