Use of Fentanyl Patch in Partial Doses Than the Original

NAUnknownINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

95

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

March 31, 2012

Primary Completion Date

March 31, 2016

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2016

Conditions
Chronic Pain
Interventions
DRUG

use of fentanyl patch that was halved

A sample of 95 patients will be recruited. Once consent form is signed, blood samples will be collected twice: 1. At the time of the visit; 2. After 144 hours (about 6 days) from the first sample, and at least 36 hours after replacing the cut patch. Pain management will be evaluated at both visits using the Brief Pain Inventory (Hebrew version) - BPI questionnaire, and rescue doses used before and after the cutting of the patch. The blood samples will be transferred to the laboratory for testing of fentanyl concentration levels.

Trial Locations (1)

84418

Pain clinic of Clalit Health Services-South District (CHS-SD), Beersheba

Sponsors
All Listed Sponsors
lead

Meir Medical Center

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