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Administrative data

NCT number NCT04294550
Other study ID # 293/2018/OSS/AUSLBO
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date September 1, 2018
Est. completion date March 31, 2021

Study information

Verified date February 2022
Source Fondazione ANT Italia ONLUS
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Opioid-Induced Constipation (OIC) is often associated with a compromised quality of life of patients in palliative care (PC) setting. Among the Peripherally-Acting Mu-Opioid Receptor Antagonists, Naloxegol is the most effective to treat OIC and to improve OIC-related aspects of quality of life in patients with non-cancer pain. This observational study aims to assess the impact of a 4-weeks Naloxegol therapy on the quality of life in advanced cancer patients with OIC assisted by a home PC program. The study is enrolling cancer patients with OIC (defined according to Rome IV criteria) not relieved by first-line laxatives, starting the therapy with 25 mg/day of Naloxegol. The main parameters evaluated at the beginning of the therapy (T0) and after 28 days (T28) are: Patient Assessment of Constipation Quality-of-Life (PAC-QoL, 4 subscales: physical discomfort, psychosocial discomfort, worries and concerns, satisfaction), evaluation of objective (number of weekly evacuations) and subjective constipation (Bowel Function Index, BFI, normal score<30), pain assessment by NRS.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 250
Est. completion date March 31, 2021
Est. primary completion date December 31, 2020
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - cancer patients with advanced disease; - age higher than 18 years; - mentally competent; - naloxegol therapy for no more than 1 week according to clinical practice; - sign of a written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: - patient with pain not controlled by opioids; - therapy with other PAMORAs; - intestinal obstruction; - risk of intestinal perforation. - severe renal failure.

Study Design


Intervention

Other:
Naloxegol
28 days of therapy with 25 mg/day of Naloxegol on cancer patients using opioids and suffering for opioids induced constipation not relieved by first-line laxatives.

Locations

Country Name City State
Italy Fondazione ANT Italia ONLUS Bologna BO

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Fondazione ANT Italia ONLUS

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Italy, 

References & Publications (1)

Ostan R, Gambino G, Malavasi I, Ronga G, Solipaca M, Spunghi M, Varani S, Pannuti R, Ruggeri E. Can Naloxegol Therapy Improve Quality of Life in Patients with Advanced Cancer? Cancers (Basel). 2021 Nov 16;13(22). pii: 5736. doi: 10.3390/cancers13225736. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Patient Assessment of Constipation Quality-of-Life (PAC-QoL) score Change of quality of life evaluated by Patient Assessment of Constipation Quality-of-Life (PAC-QoL) at T0 and T28. Each item of the 28-item questionnaire was scored on a 5-point Likert-type scale from 0 to 4, with (0 = none/not at all, 1 = a little bit/a little bit of the time, 2 = moderately/some of the time, 3 = quite a bit/most of the time, 4 = extremely/all the time). Scores were reported overall and for each of the four subscales (physical discomfort, psychosocial discomfort, worries and concerns, and satisfaction). An improvement (reduction) of =1 point in PAC-QOL score was considered clinically significant based on previous validation studies. 4 weeks
Secondary Objective constipation Change of objective constipation evaluated by number of weekly evacuations. 4 weeks
Secondary Subjective constipation Change of subjective constipation evaluated by Bowel Function Index (BFI). The BFI is a physician-administered, patient-assessment scale made up of three items: (1) ease of defecation, (2) feeling of incomplete bowel evacuation, and (3) personal judgement of constipation during the last 7 days. The physician asks the patient to rate his or her impression of each of the three items during the previous week on a scale from 0 to 100, with 0 signifying 'not at all' and 100 signifying 'very strong'. The score is then calculated as the average of the three components of the scale with each component being weighted equally. The BFI total score remains on a scale of 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating greater constipation. 4 weeks
Secondary Pain (Numeric Rating Scale) Change of pain assessed by Numeric Rating Scale (NRS). The NRS is a 11-points numeric scale through participants were asked to rate their average pain intensity by selecting a single number from 0 to 10. Higher scores indicate a more severe pain. 4 weeks
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