Opioid Misuse in Patients with Cancer
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Conditions studied: Cancer, Opioid Use, Opioid Misuse, Pain, Cancer Pain
In brief
The success of opioid treatment in terminally ill cancer patients set the stage for extending the same treatment principles to the treatment of all chronic pain conditions including chronic non-cancer pain and chronic pain in cancer, where survival and long-standing chronic disease trajectories are getting more prevalent due to increasing survival rates. In this context, opioid misuse as such has been highly neglected - especially in palliative care, but also in cancer pain management in general. Previous studies have explored the literature on opioid misuse among adult cancer patients, noting that the available evidence is still in its early stages. Limited prospective studies with a wide range of definitions and methodologies for assessing misuse exist. Therefore, it seems highly relevant and justified to study the prevalence of opioid misuse risk in patients with cancer. The hypothesis of this study is that opioid misuse is not uncommon in Danish patients in treatment with opioids for cancer-related pain. Thus, the prevalence of opioid misuse risk among patients with cancer in Danish palliative care units will be investigate.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06489769
- Run by
- Rigshospitalet, Denmark
- People needed
- 200
- Starts
- 2025-01-15
- Expected to finish
- 2025-12-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-03-25
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Outpatients ≥ 18 years,
- patients who are treated with opioids due to cancer-related pain.
You may not qualify if…
- Patients who do not master the Danish language in speech and writing,
- Patients who have severe cognitive dysfunction,
- Patients who are not treated with opioids,
- Patients who refused to participate in the study.
Where it is running
- Rigshospitalet — Copenhagen, København Ø., Denmark (enrolling)
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