Process and Outcomes of Pain Management
Completed
Conditions studied: Pain, Neoplasm
In brief
This study will investigate the most effective approach for managing pain and providing palliative care (lessening of pain or symptoms). Patients with advanced cancer who are enrolled in a National Cancer Institute (NCI) protocol and will undergo major surgery as part of their treatment may be eligible for this study. Participants will be randomly assigned to pain management provided by either 1) their attending physician or 2) the Clinical Center's Pain and Palliative Care Service. Patients in the first group may be reassigned to the Pain and Palliative Care Service at any time during the study. Participants will be interviewed every 3 months for as long as 1 year about their pain, its effect on several areas of their lives, changes in their needs, and how well they think their pain is being managed.. As the patients progress through the NCI study, they will meet regularly and as often as needed with either their attending physician or the Pain and Palliative Care team. Each interview will last about 20 to 30 minutes. With the patient's permission, the interviews will be tape recorded.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00028249
- Run by
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
- People needed
- 298
- Starts
- 2001-12-01
- Expected to finish
- 2005-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2008-03-04
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patients with advanced malignancies who are currently undergoing major surgical procedures in NCI Surgery Branch will be recruited to participate in a pain and symptoms management evaluation study.
- Inclusion criteria are stated in the parent protocols.
- Although each patient will be asked to identify a family member/significant other to participate in the study, patients will be eligible for inclusion regardless of whether they identify a family member for participation in the family questionnaires.
You may not qualify if…
- All exclusions are stated in the NCI Surgery Branch parent protocols.
Where it is running
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) — Bethesda, Maryland, United States
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