Prospective Study of Active Pain Management in Lung Cancer Outpatients (APM)

Chonnam National University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Lung Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Active pain management

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT01310387

PAIN_LCA_2011

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is:

• A single-center, randomized, prospective controlled trial.
• To prove superiority of active pain management group compared to control group by the percent of pain intensity difference of outpatients with lung cancer pain.
• 204 patients will be recruited.

Full description

• The recruited patients in both group will be provided the education about pain-killer, and received medicines including opioids according to their numeric rating scale (NRS)

• Active management group will be provided additional telephone counseling and dosage modification by specialized nurse for cancer pain.

• The percent of pain intensity difference (%PID)

  • PID = (NRS of visit 1 - NRS of visit 3)/NRS of visit 1

Enrollment: 79 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Outpatients with lung cancer.
• The patients with uncontrolled lung cancer pain - more than and equal NRS 4 pain during previous 24 hours for background pain, or more than and equal 3 times/day for breakthrough painkiller medication.
• Over 20 year-old male or female.
• The patients can be able to received telephone counseling by investigator's decision.

Exclusion criteria

• Drug or alcohol abusers.
• Child-bearing women or pregnant women.
• The patients with moderate to severe psychiatric problems.
• The patients who have hypersensitivity to opioids.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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79 participants in 1 patient group

active pain management

Experimental group

Description:

active pain management (APM) by specialized nurses for cancer pain

Treatment:

Behavioral: Active pain management