Fentanyl for Treatment Pain Caused by Radiotherapy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2006-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the clinical utility and safety of Fentanyl for pain treatment caused by radiotherapy. Fentanyl is a synthetic pure opioid agonist with a selective activity on µ receptors.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Johnson & Johnson Taiwan Ltd
• Treatments: Fentanyl

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients have the history of head and neck tumor

• Patients who are proceeding radiotherapy

• Patients who are administered weak opioids and pain score (Visual analog scale) of 4

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who have been administered Fentanyl for pain treatment within 2 weeks before the study

• Patients who will have surgery within 1 month

• Known presence of distant metastasis