Adequacy of Pain Treatment in Radiotherapy
- Conditions
- Cancer PainAnalgesic Drugs
- Interventions
- Other: Patients accessing to Radiotherapy Unit
- Registration Number
- NCT03550599
- Brief Summary
Aim of the study is to evaluate adequacy of pain treatment in oncologic patients, accessing to Radiotherapy Unit
- Detailed Description
Prescription of analgesic drugs is a basic topic in cancer patients, but undertreatment is common. The aim of the study is to analyse pain control and adequacy of antalgic treatments in patients coming to Radiotherapy Unit for radiation treatment.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 2000
Inclusion Criteria
- patients accessing to Radiotherapy Unit for radiation treatment (both palliative or with radical intent) with diagnosis of primitive or metastatic cancer;
Exclusion Criteria
- Concomitant diseases that can affect reliability of collected data
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description patients accessing to Radiotherapy Unit Patients accessing to Radiotherapy Unit patients accessing to Radiotherapy Unit for oncologic treatment
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Evaluation of adequacy of pain treatment 2 months For all patients, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and information about type of analgesic drugs (no drugs; non-opioid drugs; weak opioids; strong opioids) will be recorded and analysed
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Radiation Oncology Center, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Speciality Medicine- DIMES, University of Bologna, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital
🇮🇹Bologna, BO, Italy