Clinical trial · Interventional
Pain Control in Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Breast or Prostate Cancer
PATIENT SKILLS FOR CANCER PAIN CONTROL IN PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC BREAST OR PROSTATE CANCER
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Slow accrual
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
RATIONALE: An outpatient educational and behavioral skills training program may help patients with metastatic breast or prostate cancer live longer and more comfortably. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial studies whether an outpatient educational and behavioral skills training program will improve pain control in patients who have metastatic or recurrent breast or prostate cancer.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Pain | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Prostate Cancer | Malignant Prostate Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Educational Intervention and Behavioral Skills Training | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Observation | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Observation
- description
- Standard pain management interventions usually given by hospital staff
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Observation
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Educational Intervention and Behavioral Skills Training
- description
- Patients participated in a program including video presentations, written materials, and coaching in behavioral skills to improve pain control (not to reduce analgesic use).
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Educational Intervention and Behavioral Skills Training
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Change in pain assessed using the Brief Pain Inventory
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 120 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Recurrent or metastatic breast or prostate cancer * "Pain worst" score of 4 or greater on the Brief Pain Inventory * No prior enrollment on this study (patients treated during the run-in period are ineligible for randomization) * Hormone receptor status: * Not specified PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: * 18 and over Menopausal status: * Not specified Performance status: * ECOG 0-2 Hematopoietic: * Not specified Hepatic: * Not specified Renal: * Not specified Other: * No major psychiatric illness, including the following DSM-III-R diagnoses: * Bipolar disorder * Schizophrenia * Major depression * Multiple personality disorder * Psychotic disorder * Dementia * Outpatient status required PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: * Not specified Chemotherapy: * Not specified Endocrine therapy: * Not specified Radiotherapy: * At least 28 days since prior palliative radiotherapy to major site(s) of pain Surgery: * Greater than 30 days since prior surgery
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