Pain Control in Hospice Patients With Cancer-Related Pain

Completed

Conditions studied: Pain, Solid Tumor

In brief

RATIONALE: Gathering information over time about cancer-related pain from patients in a hospice and their caregivers may help doctors learn more about pain control. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well standard pain control works in hospice patients with cancer-related pain.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00609297

Run by

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

People needed

22

Starts

2007-07-01

Expected to finish

2011-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-10-24

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patient eligibility includes:
• Alive Hospice outpatient
• Diagnosis of carcinoma
• Pain requiring fixed dose opioids
• Age > 21 years
• Not pregnant or lactating
• Willing and able to sign informed consent -Able to speak/comprehend English
• Caregiver eligibility will include:
• Caregiver for an Alive Hospice patient
• Willing and able to sign informed consent
• Able to speak/comprehend English

You may not qualify if…

• PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
• Not specified

Where it is running

• Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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