Conditions: Pain; Cancer
Keywords: Pain; Cancer TTS-Fentanyl D-trans Durogesic D-trans
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 103
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Transdermal Therapeutic System (TTS)-fentanyl D-Trans (transdermal patch containing a drug that is put on the skin so the drug will enter the body through the skin) treatment in cancer participants of Korea with inadequately controlled pain by non-narcotic analgesics (drug used to control pain) and participant's satisfaction.

Detailed description:
This is an open-label (all people know the identity of the intervention), single-arm, multicenter (conducted in more than one hospital or medical school team work on a medical research study), prospective (study following participants forward in time) study conducted to assess the efficacy and safety of TTS-fentanyl D-trans in cancer participants of Korea with inadequately controlled pain by non-narcotic analgesics and for participant's satisfaction. The participants will receive the initial dose of TTS-fentanyl D-trans patch releasing 12 micrograms per hour (12 mcg/hr) of fentanyl and will be increased by 12 mcg/hr or 25 mcg/hr, every 3 days depending on the participant's pain control. Efficacy will primarily be evaluated by participant's satisfaction with pain treatment. Participant's safety will be monitored throughout the study.

Arms:
arm 1: None

Interventions: intervention 1: Fentanyl D-trans
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Fentanyl D-trans will be applied as transdermal patch releasing drug at the rate of 12.5 microgram per hour (mcg/hr) for 3 days with a dose ranging from 12 mcg/hr to 50 mcg/hr.

Protocol document: