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Brief Title: Efficacy and Safety Study of Fentanyl Transdermal (Fentanest®)
Official Title:
Study ID: NCT00959400
Brief Summary: Eligible patients who agree to participate will migrate from oral opioids to transdermal patches and be followed for four weeks. Oral morphine will be provided as pain rescue medication. The patients will inform the adverse events and rescue medication consumption. The number of Fentanest® patches will be adjusted every visit aiming to reduce the rescue medication consumption and adverse events to a minimum. The WHO-QOL- bref (quality of life questionary) will be filled before and after the use of Fentanest®. Patients showing benefit are eligible to a 3 weeks compassionate study.
Detailed Description:
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Hospital Universitario da Universidade Federal do Maranhao, Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil
Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho" - Campus de Botucatu - Unesp, Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Cancer - Hospital do Cancer I, Rio de Janeiro, , Brazil
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Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo - HCFMUSP, Sao Paulo, , Brazil