Opiophobia in Adults With Advanced Cancer

Running, not enrolling

Conditions studied: Cancer

In brief

To explore the barriers and fears related to use of opioids among a population of adult outpatients with advanced cancer who continue to experience pain after receiving a prescription for opioid analgesia and hypothesized associations among opiophobia, anxiety, depression, pain intensity, pain interference, and opioid medication adherence.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07093567

Run by

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

People needed

50

Starts

2025-08-01

Expected to finish

2031-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-02-18

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adult patients with advanced cancer (defined as cancer that is unlikely to be cured and is locally advanced or distantly metastasized
• Pain is the documented reason for the Supportive Care consultation
• Have a prescription for an opioid analgesic
• Able to read, speak, and consent in English.

You may not qualify if…

• Age less than 18 years
• Do not have a prescription for an opioid analgesic
• Individuals for whom there is documentation of inability to provide consent in the medical record
• Women who are pregnant
• Patients with a substance use disorder (including alcohol use disorder and excluding tobacco use disorder) documented in the electronic health record under History of Present Illness or in the Medical History.

Where it is running

• The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas, United States

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