NCT03989128

Survey of Cancer Patients' Perceptions of Difficulties Encountered When Filling Opioid Prescriptions

A Survey to Determine Cancer Patients' Perceptions of the Difficulties Encountered When Filling Opioid Prescriptions

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 140 (actual)
• Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This trial studies the problems that cancer patients face when filling prescriptions for opioids (medications that are used to manage pain). Pain is one of the most common symptoms among cancer patients. Opioid therapy is generally the treatment of choice for adequate management of cancer-related pain. Knowledge of these problems may help health care providers assess the most effective treatment options for cancer patients, and inform policy makers of the adjustments that need to be made to regulations to ensure cancer patients don't lose their access to opioids.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate patients' perceptions of overall difficulties when filling their opioid prescription. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine cancer patients' perceptions of financial, logistical, and psychosocial difficulties when filling their opioid prescription. II. To evaluate the association between patient characteristics and patient difficulty filling opioid prescriptions. OUTLINE: Participants complete a survey over 5-10 minutes.

Conditions

• Malignant Neoplasm
• Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Medical Chart Review	Undergo medical chart review
OTHER	Survey Administration	Complete survey

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-04-23
• Primary completion: 2021-01-01
• Completion: 2021-01-01
• First posted: 2019-06-18
• Last updated: 2020-05-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated drug study