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Clinical Trials/NL-OMON52406
NL-OMON52406
Recruiting
Not Applicable

Morphine or Fentanyl for Refractory dyspnea in COPD - MoreFoRCOPD

niversitair Medisch Centrum Groningen0 sites60 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
Sponsor
niversitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
Enrollment
60
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Interventional

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Age \>\=40 years
  • Read, understood and signed the Informed Consent form
  • COPD GOLD class III or IV, according to GOLD criteria.
  • \- Post\-bronchodilatation FEV1/FVC \< 70% and FEV1 \< 50% pred.
  • Complaints of refractory dyspnea as established by patient and doctor.
  • mMRC score \>\= 3\.
  • Life expectancy of \>\= 2 months.
  • Optimized standard therapy according to Dutch LAN guideline for diagnosis and
  • treatment of COPD.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Other severe disease with chronic pain or chronic dyspnea (a non\-susbstantial
  • component of left sided heart failure is acceptable).
  • Current use of opioids for whatever indication
  • Allergy / intolerance for opioids
  • Psychiatric disease, not related to severe COPD.
  • Exacerbation of COPD eight weeks prior to inclusion or between screening and
  • randomization.
  • Problematic (leading to medical help or social problems) substance abuse
  • during the last five years.
  • Active malignancy, with the exception of planocellular or basal cell

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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