Procedures of Locoregional Analgesia and Quality of Life in Palliative Care Units (TALViSoP)

August 31, 2015 updated by: University Hospital, Limoges

Procedures of Locoregional Analgesia and Quality of Life in Palliative Care

Number of patients in mobile palliative care units have pain of both nociceptive and neuropathic origin. In certain cases, procedures of locoregional analgesia can be helpful.

The Purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of techniques of locoregional analgesia in a palliative population

Study Overview

Status

Suspended

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Cancer pain is a serious problem in the palliative population. In particular, pain due to compression or invasion of nerve tissue by metastasis is frequent and often unresponsive to oral drug therapy and even to epidural administration of opioids. In such refractory pain in a palliative setting, one modality that could be helpful is the use of technics of locoregional analgesia. Currently, they are routinely used for the management of acute postoperative pain and become to be more widely used for cancer surgery. For example, intrapleural intercostal nerve blocks after major lung resection or preincisional paravertebral blocks after breast surgery have been shown to improve pain control. However, locoregional analgesia is only occasionally used in chronic cancer pain.

The procedures used are epidural analgesia, rachianesthesia, or continuous nerve blocks. L-bupivacaine will be used. The procedure will be performed only if the injection test is positive.

The patients will be evaluated before and after the procedure, the patient being his/her own control. Evaluations will take place immediately before the procedure, then at 48 hours, 1 week and 1 month after the procedure.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

38

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • France
      • Bordeaux, France
        • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire - Hôpital Saint André
      • Châteauroux, France
        • Centre Hospitalier de Chateauroux
      • Guéret, France
        • Centre Hospitalier de Guéret
      • Liomges, France
        • CHU Limoges
      • Saint Leonard de Noblat, France
        • Centre Hospitalier Local
      • Tulle, France
        • Centre Hospitalier de Tulle

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patient ≥ 18 years-old, male or female, whatever his/her ethnic group
  • Patient with untreatable cancer
  • Patient hospitalized in a palliative care unit, with a life expectancy ≥ 1 week
  • Pain unresponsive to conventional treatments
  • Effectiveness of the injection test
  • Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients > 18 years-old
  • Patients with pain other than cancer pain
  • Patient's refusal
  • Coagulation disorders
  • Local infection
  • Known hypersensitivity to local analgesics
  • Inefficacy of the injection test.
  • Contraindication for analgesics

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in patients global quality of life
Time Frame: 1 week after first injection
To evaluate the change in patients global quality of life, assessed by the item 15 of the validated quality of life scale EORTC QLQ-C15 PAL. Evaluations will take place before the procedure of locoregional analgesia and 1 week after.
1 week after first injection

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
change in patient's global quality of life
Time Frame: 2 days and 1 week after procedure
  • evaluate the change in EORTC QLQ-C15 PAL score, assessed before the procedure of locoregional analgesia and 1 week after.
  • evaluate the change in patient's global quality of life, assessed by the item 15 of the validated quality of life scale EORTC QLQ-C15 PAL at 48 hours and 1 week post-procedure.
  • evaluate pain at 48 hours post-procedure
  • evaluate the change in doses of conventional treatments at 1 week
2 days and 1 week after procedure

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University Hospital, Limoges

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Gérard TERRIER, MD, CHU Limoges

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

April 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

October 1, 2015

Study Completion (Anticipated)

October 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 26, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 26, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

March 29, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

September 1, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 31, 2015

Last Verified

March 1, 2015

More Information

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Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • I08014/TALViSoP

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