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Study to assess the need and type of pain killers analgesics prescribed at discharge for patients undergoing cancer surgery.

Observational study to assess the need and pattern of analgesics prescribed at discharge for patients undergoing major cancer surgery. - Nil

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/03/082549
Enrollment
210
Registered
2025-03-18
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: C00-D49- Neoplasms

Interventions

Intervention1: nil: nil Control Intervention1: nil: nil

Sponsors

Department of Anesthesia Critical Care and Pain
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All adult patients upto 80 years following major oncology surgery with discharge within 96 hours of surgery will be included.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Refusal to participation. 2.Emergenecy surgeries.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Total number of patients in moderate -severe pain a week after discharge from the hospital following major onco surgeries, assessed by analysing the severity of average pain recorded in the short form of Brief Pain Inventory ( BPI)Timepoint: a week after discharge from the hospital

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Number of patients (in percentage) advised round the clock analgesics at discharge, since evaluation will be done at end of a week this assessment will be recorded for the first 2 days 2. The pattern of analgesic prescribed as number of analgesics from different sub types- opioid, PCM, NSAIDS, adjutants 3. Number of patients who still needed rescue analgesics at time of evaluation ( ie a week after surgery ) 4. Number of patients who returned to the hospital for pain complains either to OPD / casualty Timepoint: One week after surgery;5. Number of patients who did not take medications as advised 6. Number of patients who needed additional analgesics than prescribed in first week of surgery. The source of additional analgesics will also be noted as local doctor/ local dispensary /medications left over from previous prescriptions. 7. The association of pain scores, need for additional analgesics , will be correlated with various DMG to identify areas of improvement Timepoint: One week after surgery

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactVaibhav Patil

Tata Memorial Hospital and Homi Bhabha Institute Mumbai.

sumitrabakshi@yahoo.in02224177058

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026