Procedural Pain in Palliative Care: Prevalence, Intensity and Treatment

Antea Foundation

Status

Completed

Conditions

Pain Due to Certain Specified Procedures

Terminal Disease

Breakthrough Pain

Cancer

Pain

Treatments

Procedure: Personal Hygiene Care

Procedure: Subcutaneous drugs administration

Procedure: Wound care

Procedure: Mobilization

Procedure: Bladder catheterization

Procedure: Positioning

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02437929

PCPP02

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to assess self reported procedural pain compared with background pain and evaluate pain intensity differences across six standard procedures. Besides, rescue and preventive treatments used to control procedural pain will be examined.

Enrollment

1,079 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients receiving the procedures included in this study as a part of their standard care
Patients that have expressed their consent to participate to the study by signing the informed consent document

Exclusion criteria

Very serious or unstable clinical conditions with a Karnofsky Performance Status Index (KPS) < 20
Presence of neurological or psychiatric conditions, due to the original disease or concomitant diseases, interfering with the patient's level of consciousness or with judgment, such as to compromise compliance with the study protocol;
Not adequately controlled background pain (average NRS in the last 24 hours is > 4)
Emergency procedures or procedures performed during night time (from 8 p.m. until 8 a.m)