Procedural Pain in Palliative Care: Prevalence, Intensity and Treatment

Procedural Pain in Palliative Care: Prevalence, Intensity and Treatment. A Prospective, Cross-sectional, Multicenter, National Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02437929

Enrollment

1079

Registered

2015-05-08

Start date

2015-06-30

Completion date

2016-04-30

Last updated

2016-07-12

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Conditions

Breakthrough Pain, Pain Due to Certain Specified Procedures, Pain, Cancer, Terminal Disease

Brief summary

This study aims to assess self reported procedural pain compared with background pain and evaluate pain intensity differences across six standard procedures. Besides, rescue and preventive treatments used to control procedural pain will be examined.

Interventions

PROCEDUREMobilization

PROCEDUREPositioning

PROCEDUREPersonal Hygiene Care

PROCEDUREBladder catheterization

PROCEDUREWound care

PROCEDURESubcutaneous drugs administration

Study design

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients receiving the procedures included in this study as a part of their standard care * Patients that have expressed their consent to participate to the study by signing the informed consent document

Exclusion criteria

* Very serious or unstable clinical conditions with a Karnofsky Performance Status Index (KPS) \< 20 * Presence of neurological or psychiatric conditions, due to the original disease or concomitant diseases, interfering with the patient's level of consciousness or with judgment, such as to compromise compliance with the study protocol; * Not adequately controlled background pain (average NRS in the last 24 hours is \> 4) * Emergency procedures or procedures performed during night time (from 8 p.m. until 8 a.m)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
11 Points - Numerical Rating Scale (NRS); change in baseline pain intensity during the procedure (of 3 points NRS or higher)	Participants will be followed 10 minutes before the procedure, for the duration of the procedure and ten minutes after, an expected average of 1 hour	Self reported pain intensity 10 minutes before the procedure, during the procedure (measured immediately after that the procedure is performed), 10 minutes after the procedure. Each item is scored 0-10 (0 = no pain; 10 = worst possible pain).

Countries

Italy

Outcome results

None listed

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