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Proportional Dose of Sublingual Fentanyl Tablet Based on Daily Opioid Requirement

Proportional Dose of Sublingual Fentanyl Tablet Based on Daily Opioid Requirement Versus Intravenous PCA for Breakthrough Cancer Pain: A Prospective, Randomized, Open Label, Non Inferiority Trial

Status
Withdrawn
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05053308
Enrollment
0
Registered
2021-09-22
Start date
2022-12-01
Completion date
2023-12-31
Last updated
2023-08-07

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

Conditions

Breakthrough Pain, Cancer Pain

Brief summary

Proportional dose of sublingual fentanyl tablet (Narco®) based on daily opioid requirement versus intravenous PCA for breakthrough cancer pain: A prospective, randomized, open-label, noninferiority trial.

Detailed description

Based on the previous around-the-clock analgesic demand compared to IV PCA in cancer pain patients to prepare the basis for the administration of fentanyl sublingual tablets with an initial dose.

Interventions

DRUGIntravenous Infusion

IV PCA(fentanyl) Fentanyl bolus = MME \* 15%

subligual fentanyl(Narco®) Fentanyl 100mcg/200mcg/300mcg according to the around-the-clock opioid requirement.

Sponsors

Seoul National University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
19 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Age 19-80 * Cancer pain * Admission for the control of cancer pain or consultation for the treatment of cancer pain * Stable vital sign * ECOG status ≤ 3 for more than 1 or 2 months * Opioid-tolerant state * No history of using sublingual fentanyl

Exclusion criteria

* Noncancer pain * Opioid naive * baseline NRS pain score\> 4 * Current using sublingual fentanyl * Difficult to assess cancer pain * no evidence of disease(cancer) * Planned surgical resection of cancer * Allergy to fentanyl * Severe renal and/or liver function * Severe respiratory depression or uncontrolled COPD

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change in 11-point scale NRS pain score30 minutes after administrationChange in pain score compared to baseline Score '0' representing one pain extreme (e.g. no pain) to '10' representing the other pain extreme (e.g. pain as bad as you can imagine or worst pain imaginable

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
sum of pain intensity difference(SPID)60 minutes after administrationsum of pain intensity change compared to baseline difference
number of additional dosesimmediately after the interventionnumber of additional doses fentanyl bolus or subligual
Pain interferenceimmediately after the interventionPain interference using BPI-SF
Change in 11-point scale NRS pain score15, 45, 60 minutes after administrationChange in pain score compared to baseline Score '0' representing one pain extreme (e.g. no pain) to '10' representing the other pain extreme (e.g. pain as bad as you can imagine or worst pain imaginable
Depressionimmediately after the interventionThe severity of depression using Beck Depression Inventory(BDI) 1-10: These ups and downs are considered normal 11-16: Mild mood disturbance 17-20: Borderline clinical depression 21-30: Moderate depression 31-40: Severe depression over 40: Extreme depression
Satisfaction scaleimmediately after the interventionSatisfaction check using 5 Likert-scale (1) Very dissatisfied; (2) Not satisfied; (3) Neutral; (4) Satisfied; (5) Very satidfied
Insomniaimmediately after the interventionThe severity of insomnia using ISI

Outcome results

None listed

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