39
Participants
Start Date
April 30, 2004
Primary Completion Date
March 31, 2008
Study Completion Date
March 31, 2008
TTS-Fentanyl
Transdermal Therapeutic System (TTS)-fentanyl patches releasing fentanyl in the range of 12.5 to 100 microgram per hour (mcg/hr) rate. The initial dose of fentanyl TTS will be calculated based on each participant's opioid requirement. Patches will be usually replaced every 72 hours. Doses will be escalated in steps of 25 mcg/hr, if pain cannot be controlled. The study duration will be 30 days after first patch application.
Morphine
Participants will be allowed the use of oral morphine syrup for the duration of TTS-fentanyl treatment to enable appropriate dose titration. It is expected that most of the participants will be titrated to an appropriate dose of TTS-fentanyl within 1 week.
Department of Anesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok
Bangkok
Janssen-Cilag Ltd.,Thailand
INDUSTRY