The Efficacy and Tolerability of Modafinil for Fatigue and Daytime Sleepiness in Cancer Patients: Preliminary Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 4 期
- 入组人数
- 20
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- severity of fatigue (Brief Fatigue Inventory)
研究概览
简要总结
Open-pilot study for the efficacy and tolerability of modafinil on the fatigue and somnolence in cancer-patients.
详细描述
This is an open-pilot study for the efficacy and tolerability of modafinil on the fatigue and somnolence in cancer-patients. Patients with moderate to severe cancer-related fatigue will be treated with modafinil for 4 weeks and psychological tests including self-questionnaire, cognitive test, sleep-wake cycle, quantitative electroencephalogram(QEEG) will be applied pre- and post-treatment.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 65 Years(Adult, Older Adult)
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •solid cancer patient
- •age of 20-65 years old
- •subjects who scored =4 or >4 on the Brief Fatigue Inventory
- •subjects with informed consent
排除标准
- •metastatic cancer(stage IV)
- •with psychotic symptoms such as delusion and hallucination or with suicidal risk
- •with delirium or dementia
- •current medication of cognitive enhancer or psychostimulant uncontrolled medical illness
- •current medications that are contraindicated or not recommended for co-administration with modafinil
研究组 & 干预措施
Intervention group
Subjects who take modafinil for cancer-related fatigue for 4 weeks.
干预措施: Modafinil (Drug)
结局指标
主要结局
severity of fatigue (Brief Fatigue Inventory)
时间窗: 4 weeks
Brief Fatigue Inventory
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
In-Young Yoon
Professor
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
