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Current Evidence on the Use of Opioid Analgesics for Moderate to Severe Pain in Children with Cancer: A Scoping Review

Current Evidence on the Use of Opioid Analgesics for Moderate to Severe Pain in Children with Cancer: A Scoping Review - SCOPE-OPCC Study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Unknown
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000060292
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2026-01-08
Start date
2024-12-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

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

Conditions

Pediatric cancer

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Pediatric cancer patients under 18 years of age diagnosed with a malignant tumor. 2. Patients with moderate or severe cancer-related pain. 3. Patients who were administered opioid analgesics. 4. Interventional studies (randomized controlled trials, non-randomized controlled trials, single-arm studies) and observational studies (cross-sectional studies, descriptive studies, cohort studies, case-control studies, case series studies). 5. Papers in English or Japanese. 6. Studies conducted in regions with established healthcare systems.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Studies including adults only 2. Studies focusing on postoperative, traumatic, or non-cancer pain 3. Studies evaluating non-opioid analgesics exclusively 4. Reviews, Guidelines, Letters, Editorials, Commentaries, Conference abstracts. 5. Conference abstracts without accessible full text 6. Case reports (n < 5) will be excluded

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Efficacy and Safety of Opioid Analgesics Improvement in Quality of Life (QOL) with Opioid Analgesics

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactYOSHIHIRO NAGAI

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology

ynonc2022@gmail.com81-75-251-5177

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026