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Speed of opioid infusion could change how cancer patients feel pain and drug effects

NCT ID NCT04296305

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study looks at whether giving the painkiller hydromorphone slowly or quickly through an IV affects how well it controls cancer pain and how likely it is to be misused. About 84 hospitalized cancer patients with moderate to severe pain will receive both a slow and a fast infusion in random order. The goal is to find the safest and most effective way to give IV opioids for cancer pain.

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Study facts

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Phase

Phase 4

Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.

Participants

84 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Sep 2020

Expected to finish

Dec 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Hospitalized patients with diagnosis of cancer * History of moderate to severe cancer related pain, defined as Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) pain score \>= 4/10 * Receiving no or only on as needed doses of opioids * Normal cognitive status, defined as a normal state of arousal and an absence of obvious clinical findings of confusion, memory deficits or concentration deficits or a Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale (MDAS) score of \< 13 * Ability to read and communicate in the English language * Written informed consent from patient Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindications to opioids, or history of opioid allergy * Inability to secure IV access * Known history or evidence of nonmedical opioid use (e.g. abuse, misuse, addiction) * Oxygen saturations \< 92% or respiratory rate \< 12 breaths/minute on initial assessment * Resting heart rate \> 120 on initial assessment * Systolic blood pressure \> 180 \< 90 mmHg or diastolic pressure \> 100 \< 60 mmHg on initial assessment * Patients receiving scheduled chronic opioid therapy (defined as the treatment of pain with opioids for \>= 7 days) * Moderate to severe renal insufficiency (defined as glomerular filtration rate \[GFR\] \< 60 ml/min/1.73 m\^2) * Hepatic insufficiency (defined as alanine aminotransferase \[ALT\] or aspartate aminotransferase \[AST\] \> 3 times the highest normal value, or total bilirubin \> 1.5 times the highest normal value)

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Conditions

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • M D Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

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