Opioid Titration in the Hospice Setting: Barriers Assessment and Modification of the Model Order Sheet and Protocol

Completed

Conditions studied: Cancer Pain

In brief

The purpose of this study is to modify the opioid titration order sheet to meet the needs of the outpatient hospice population and to conduct a pilot trial to assess feasibility, utility, and derive preliminary efficacy data.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01230515

Run by

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

People needed

65

Starts

2006-01-01

Expected to finish

2008-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-09-10

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
• Hospice Staff eligibility will include:
• Currently on staff at Alive Hospice
• Willing and able to sign informed consent
• Able to read/speak English.
• Referring Physician eligibility will include:
• Having recently referred patients to Alive Hospice
• Willing and able to sign informed consent and able to read/speak English.

You may not qualify if…

• patients < 21 years of age
• pregnant or lactating
• patients, caregiver and or Hospice staff that does not speak/comprehend English

Where it is running

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

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