Methadone Associated With Morphine for Cancer Pain

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2018-08-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The study was prospective, randomized. Patients with cancer pain were evaluated, one group receiving methadone with morphine and another group receiving morphine as the only opioid. Pain intensity, total morphine dose and adverse effects were evaluated.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Federal University of São Paulo
• Treatments: Methadone; Morphine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Approved by the Ethics Committee

• signed the informed consent

• cancer pain

• starting the WHO thirth analgesic ladder,

Exclusion Criteria:

• cognitive impairment

• psychiatric disease

• illicit drug user

• hypersensitivity to the study drugs

• pregnant