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Oral Piroxicam Versus Buccal Fentanyl in Breakthrough Pain

Sponsor
Tanta University (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT02382653
Collaborator
(none)
100
Enrollment
2
Arms
4
Duration (Months)

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

100 patients with Breakthrough pain will be allocated to receive either oral prioxicam (OP) (n=50) or sublingual fentanyl (SLF) (n=50) . Patients will be divided randomly into two equal groups: oral prioxicam (OP) Group and sublingual fentanyl citrate (SLF) Group, comprising of 50 patients each.

Pain intensity level on a 0-10 visual analog scale (VAS), patients will be instructed about the use of a 10-cm visual analog scale (VAS) (0 = no pain to 10 = worst possible pain). frequency of Breakthrough pain throughout the day, onset of relief (0-5, 6-10, 11-15, or over 16 min), time required for dose titration, patient satisfaction and adverse effects were assessed at 3, 7, 15, and 30 days after starting the treatment.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Drug: oral perixicam
 N/A

Detailed Description

In this prospective, longitudinal, controlled-study, 100 patients with Breakthrough pain will be allocated to receive either oral prioxicam (OP) (n=50) or sublingual fentanyl (SLF) (n=50) . Patients will be divided randomly into two equal groups: oral prioxicam (OP) Group and sublingual fentanyl citrate (SLF) Group, comprising of 30 patients each.

Eligible participants were all adults aged 18 or over suffering from Background pain cancer pain whose cancer pain was treated with strong opioids and who had breakthrough pain which met the criteria described by Portenoy.(5) (stable analgesia in the previous 48 h, controlled background pain in the previous 24 h, transient exacerbation of pain in the previous 24 h). The term strong opioid refers to medicines classified as being on step three of the World Health Organization (WHO) analgesic ladder. In Egypt the strong opioids available include fentanyl, morphine and hydromorphone.

Exclusion criteria were less than18 years old, non-controlled basal pain, hospitalized patients, or cognitive disturbances, patients with contraindication to NSAIDS such as gastric ulcer, impaired renal function, cerebrovascular accident, Coronary artery bypass graft , Uncontrolled hypertension, patients with coagulation anomalies such as hepatic disease or patients a previous history of allergy to NSAID.

Randomization will be performed by random numbers using sealed envelopes without sex stratification. Sealed envelopes indicate the group of assignment. An independent anesthesiologist, who did not participate in the study or data collection, will read the number contained in the envelope and made group assignments. Patients will be blindly randomized to the two groups; the process of inclusion into the study will go on until the requested number of patients will be reached.

Pain intensity level on a 0-10 visual analog scale (VAS), patients will be instructed about the use of a 10-cm visual analog scale (VAS) (0 = no pain to 10 = worst possible pain). frequency of Breakthrough pain throughout the day, onset of relief (0-5, 6-10, 11-15, or over 16 min), time required for dose titration, patient satisfaction and adverse effects were assessed at 3, 7, 15, and 30 days after starting the treatment.

The primary outcome is the degree of breakthrough pain score using VAS in the two groups. The secondary outcomes measures are analgesic requirement, patients satisfaction, and identification of undesirable effects that may be associated with the use of both drugs in patients with breakthrough pain in both groups. All adverse events related to surgery and the regional anesthetic technique will be recorded.

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Actual Enrollment :
100 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Masking:
Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose:
Supportive Care
Official Title:
The Analgesic Efficacy of Oral Piroxicam Versus Buccal Fentanyl in Cancer Breakthrough Pain in Patients With Bone Metastases
Study Start Date :
Dec 1, 2014
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Apr 1, 2015
Actual Study Completion Date :
Apr 1, 2015

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Other: oral perixicam

50 patients with Breakthrough pain will receive oral prioxicam for treament of breakthrough pain.

Drug: oral perixicam
Oral adminstration of buccal perixicam
Other Names:
  • feldene flash

    		•
    No Intervention: oral fentanyl

    50 patients with Breakthrough pain will receive sublingual fentanyl for treament of breakthrough pain.

    Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. analgesic scale (assessmet of VAS immeditally after analgesic adminstration) [two hours]

      assessmet of VAS immeditally after analgesic adminstration

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    18 Years to 60 Years
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    No
    Inclusion Criteria:
    Eligible participants were all:

    • adults aged 18 or over

    • suffering from Background pain cancer pain

    • whose cancer pain was treated with strong opioids and

    • who had breakthrough pain which met the criteria described by Portenoy.

    Exclusion Criteria:
    Exclusion criteria were:

    • less than18 years old,

    • non-controlled basal pain,

    • hospitalized patients, or cognitive disturbances,

    • patients with contraindication to NSAIDS such as:

    • gastric ulcer,

    • impaired renal function,

    • cerebrovascular accident,

    • coronary artery bypass graft,

    • uncontrolled hypertension,

    • patients with coagulation anomalies such as hepatic disease or

    • patients a previous history of allergy to NSAID.

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    No locations specified.

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • Tanta University

    Investigators

    • Principal Investigator: Ayman A Yousef, Assistant professor

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    Ayman Abd Al-maksoud Yousef, Prof, Tanta University
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT02382653
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • 2970/12/14
    First Posted:
    Mar 9, 2015
    Last Update Posted:
    May 13, 2016
    Last Verified:
    May 1, 2016
    Additional relevant MeSH terms:
    Neoplasm Metastasis
    Breakthrough Pain
    Piroxicam

    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of May 13, 2016