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Brief Title: Conversion From Fast Acting Oral Opioids to Abstral®
Official Title: Conversion From Fast Acting Oral Opioids to Abstral® (SL Fentanyl) in Opioid Tolerant Cancer Patients With Breakthrough Pain
Study ID: NCT01315886
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate safety and efficacy when using a novel dose conversion strategy to switch from immediate release oral opioids to sublingual (SL) fentanyl (Abstral) for treatment of breakthrough cancer pain (BTcP).
Detailed Description: The study aims to show that in the advanced stage of cancer the individual patient already on high doses of BTcP medication will benefit from starting treatment on a higher first dose of SL fentanyl thus reducing the number of dosing steps with insufficient pain relief.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Smärtavdelning B42, Anestesikliniken Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, , Sweden
Name: Anders Pettersson, MD, PhD
Affiliation: Orexo AB
Role: STUDY_CHAIR