Observational Study on the Patients With Pain Medications

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00771212

Enrollment

2636

Registered

2008-10-13

Start date

2007-10-31

Completion date

2008-05-31

Last updated

2014-05-23

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

Conditions

Pain

Keywords

Pain, Observational, Taiwan

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to describe the use of pain treatments in Taiwan, the demographics, clinical characteristics of patients requiring pain treatments, current treatments, outcomes of treatments and the reasons for changing pain medication during treatment.

Detailed description

This is a Phase IV, multi-center, observational study to describe the use of pain treatments, the demographics, clinical characteristics of patients requiring pain treatments, current treatments, outcomes of treatments and the reasons for changing pain medication during treatment. The study is conducted in an effort to understand the status of pain control in Taiwan. Currently in Taiwan, there is no approved documentation showing the most effective standard medication for treatment of patients in pain. Observational study with no study medication administered.

Interventions

OTHERObservational pain control study

Observational pain control study

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Outpatients only * Patients must have pain, previously treated with and without medication and have a VAS (Visual analogue scale) score recorded at the enrolment time * Patient must have a VAS score \>4

Exclusion criteria

* Patients who are receiving any investigational drug during the study * Patients with known or suspected psychotic disease or mental retardation.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To describe effective use of pain medications, describe demographics, clinical characteristics of patients requiring pain treatments, current treatments, outcomes of treatments and the reasons for changing pain medication during treatment in Taiwan	60 days

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Pain Relief Rating Scale	60 days
Sleeping quality Assessment	60 days
Global Assessments (Patient/Investigator)	60 days

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026