Clinical trial · Observational
Opioids Titration in Hospice Patients
Opioid Titration In the Hospice Setting: Barriers Assessment and Modification of the Model Order Sheet and Protocol Stage 2, Part B
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Issues with Hospice
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
RATIONALE: Opioids lessen pain caused by cancer. Titration of opioids in the hospice setting is suboptimal due to numerous barriers. Order sets may help to provide timely and effective medical and pharmaceutical intervention. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify barriers to good pain control in the hospice setting and to develop an order set that would safely address these barriers.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pain | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Solid Tumor | Solid Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
Interventions
Interventions (8)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| end-of-life treatment/management | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| intervention by caregiver | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| medical chart review | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| pain therapy | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| psychosocial assessment and care | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| survey administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| telephone-based intervention | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- label
- Supportive Care
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: telephone-based intervention
- Other: communication intervention
- Other: intervention by caregiver
- Other: medical chart review
- Other: survey administration
- Procedure: end-of-life treatment/management
- Procedure: pain therapy
- Procedure: psychosocial assessment and care
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- To obtain determine the safety and feasibility of an opioid titration order sheet in the hospice setting.
- timeFrame
- at 4 weeks
- description
- Pain assessments will be completed at baseline and daily for 4 weeks. Survey instruments will be completed at the end of weeks 1, 2, and 3.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 21 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
* Meets 1 of the following criteria:
* Outpatient at the Alive Hospice in the State of Tennessee
* Diagnosed with carcinoma
* Pain requiring fixed-dose opioids
* Caregiver for an Alive Hospice patient
* Any caregiver who is identified by the patient is eligible
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
* Not pregnant or nursing
* Able to speak/comprehend English
* Lives within a 60-mile radius of Alive Hospice
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
* See Disease CharacteristicsReferences
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