Status:

COMPLETED

Double Bedtime Dosing During Immediate-release Morphine Administration to Cancer Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Conditions:

Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

This is a double -blind randomized crossover study to provide evidence for the expert advice based recommendation of the Expert Working Group of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) tha...

Detailed Description

PROTOCOL Double bedtime dosing during immediate-release morphine administration to cancer patients: A randomized, double-blind cross-over comparison of a double bedtime dose versus two standard dose...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • Patients with malignant disease
  • Age more than 18 year
  • Regular use of oral morphine or pain that indicates start of opioids for moderate or severe pain according to the WHO guidelines for treatment of cancer pain
  • Exclusion criteria
  • Known morphine intolerance
  • History of drug abuse
  • Decreased gastrointestinal uptake of oral medications
  • Pregnancy or breast-feeding
  • General health condition, psychiatric disease or cognitive function failure giving that the patient is not competent to complete questionnaires.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    April 1 2002

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    February 1 2008

    Estimated Enrollment :

    19 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00201539

    Start Date

    April 1 2002

    End Date

    February 1 2008

    Last Update

    April 8 2015

    Active Locations (2)

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    The Norwegian Univeristy of tecknology and science

    Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway, 7006

    2

    St Olavs University Hospital

    Trondheim, Norway, 7006