Validation and Assessment of Patient Adherence to Opioids for Cancer Pain Using MMAS 8 Pain Clinic

NCT02804477 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: TataMC 1680
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 330
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aims at finding degree of adherence of patients to their chronic pain medication prescriptions containing opioid e.g. Morphine, using Morisky Medication Adherence Scale 8, self- reported questionnaire. Also relationship of various demographic, disease related and opioid related factors to medication adherence.

Conditions

Chronic Cancer Pain

Keywords

adherence; opioid; MMAS 8, morisky medication adherence scale; validation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• validation and assessment of adherence to opioids for chronic cancer pain in pain clinic using Morisky medication adherence scale 8

  to do a pilot study comprising of 30 patients for cross cultural validation of Morisky medication adherence questionnaire , if it gets validated then assessment of adherence of patients suffering from chronic cancer pain to opioids.

  six months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• relationship of adherence to opioids with demographic characteristics

  six months

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 80 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients visiting to pain clinic( private and general) will be screened and enrolled according to inclusion and exclusion criteria

You may qualify if:

• All adult patients \> 18 yrs. of age
• Patients suffering from chronic pain of any type and severity 3. On opioid i.e. Morphine, taken prescription at least once 4. Who can understand and communicate Hindi

You may not qualify if:

• Refusal of consent
• Paediatric patients
• Patients who cannot understand or communicate Hindi

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Tata Memorial Centre: lead

Study Sites (1)

Tata Memorial Hospital

Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400094, India

Location

Related Publications (4)

• Larue F, Colleau SM, Brasseur L, Cleeland CS. Multicentre study of cancer pain and its treatment in France. BMJ. 1995 Apr 22;310(6986):1034-7. doi: 10.1136/bmj.310.6986.1034.

  PMID: 7728056 BACKGROUND

• van den Beuken-van Everdingen MH, de Rijke JM, Kessels AG, Schouten HC, van Kleef M, Patijn J. Prevalence of pain in patients with cancer: a systematic review of the past 40 years. Ann Oncol. 2007 Sep;18(9):1437-49. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdm056. Epub 2007 Mar 12.

  PMID: 17355955 BACKGROUND

• Morisky DE, Ang A, Krousel-Wood M, Ward HJ. Predictive validity of a medication adherence measure in an outpatient setting. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2008 May;10(5):348-54. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2008.07572.x.

  PMID: 18453793 BACKGROUND

• Krousel-Wood M, Hyre A, Muntner P, Morisky D. Methods to improve medication adherence in patients with hypertension: current status and future directions. Curr Opin Cardiol. 2005 Jul;20(4):296-300. doi: 10.1097/01.hco.0000166597.52335.23.

  PMID: 15956826 BACKGROUND

Study Officials

• Parmanand Jain, MD

  Professor

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• charushree E jibhkate, Junior resident

  Junior resident

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 13, 2016
• First Posted: June 17, 2016
• Study Start: June 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2016
• Study Completion: January 1, 2017
• Last Updated: April 26, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-04

Locations

IN (1)