Active clinical trials for "Cancer Pain"

This is a double blinded two-arm randomized case-only interventional trial. A total of 60 patients who are to receive Paclitaxel to be included and allocated in two groups. The protocol is to be reviewed by the Research Ethics Committee of Faculty of Medicine Cairo University. All procedure will be done in Kasr El-Einy Center of Radiation Oncology and Nuclear Medicine. The first arm (Venlafaxine group) will receive Venlafaxine extended release (37.5 mg) tablets (Zimmerman et al., 2016). The second arm (Memantine group) will receive memantine 10 mg once daily (Morel et al., 2016)

Cancer pain deteriorated in quality of life and related with numerous psychosocial problems. Over the one third of cancer patient suffered from moderate to severe cancer pain, even under adequate pain management. The 18F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) images can provide quantitative results in clinical oncology. As a functional neuroimaging, the PET evidently provided anatomical activated regions, size, and spatial extent information. In this retrospective study, we use FDG-PET to investigate changes concerning the glucose metabolism in the brain with or without cancer pain.

This Observational Registry study is designed to collect self-reported Transmucosal Immediate Release Fentanyl (TIRF) Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) Access program-enrolled patient experience with breakthrough cancer pain (BTcP) as a result of treatment with Abstral® through the use of Quality of Life and pain measurement tools administered via questionnaire.

The purpose of this survey is to investigate the usefulness of a patient self-reported scoring tool on patient satisfaction improvement.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between cancer pain and risk of depression among cancer patients.

The primary purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility of collecting pain and other symptom data in outpatient treatment centers across multiple institutions in the Texas Medical Center (TMC). We will also examine the prevalence and severity of cancer-related pain and begin to identify other commonly reported symptoms in outpatient settings. Factors that interfere with management of pain will also be examined. Additionally, the study will explore patient satisfaction with pain management and pain education in outpatient settings. The specific aims of this study include: Primary Objective: -Explore the feasibility of a collaborative effort by oncology nurses to collect pain and symptom data across multiple institutions that care for ambulatory cancer patients in the TMC. Secondary Objectives: Describe the prevalence and severity of pain and other symptoms in persons with breast, colorectal, lung, or prostate cancer who are receiving chemotherapy in the outpatient setting. Describe factors that interfere with adequate pain management in these patients. Examine patient satisfaction with pain management and patient education about pain management.

The aim of this study is to describe the use of Instanyl® (Intranasal fentanyl spray) in the treatment of breakthrough pain (BTP) in cancer patients by success of dose titration and distribution of dose strength. Data will be collected at three different time points over a 3 month period.

In cancer patients, pain is one of the most common symptoms. The range of reported prevalence of pain varies from 33% to 64% including different stages of cancer, during or after anticancer treatment. Moreover, despite the optimal management of basal chronic pain, 66% of these patients have reported breakthrough pain which has a severe impact on quality of life. There is insufficient clinical information on the quality of life of cancer patients with breakthrough pain treated in medical oncology services according to routine clinical practice. For this reason we consider it is appropriate to prospectively evaluate the quality of life of cancer patients with cancer breakthrough pain in medical oncology services as well as other factors that can affect quality of life. This post-authorization observational study will assess the quality of life of cancer patients with breakthrough cancer pain treated in medical oncology services in Spanish hospitals.

The present study is a multicenter, explorative, qualitative study. The primary endpoint of this study is to evaluate to which extent the collection of data with regard to pain caused by illness or treatment can be optimized using health technology solutions. For this evaluation semi-structured qualitative interviews with 8-10 patients will be conducted. Secondary variables are the evaluation of the patients' pain experience and the general patients' willingness to collect data with regard to pain by using technological devices themselves or with support of healthcare professionals.

Describe the expectations of therapeutic education for patients in management of cancer pain.