Study on Impact of Fentanyl Matrix on Improvement of Pain and Functioning in Spinal Disorder-related Pain
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00797017 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: November 24, 2008
Last Update Posted
: April 28, 2014
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment |
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Low Back Pain | Drug: fentanyl |
Study Type : | Observational |
Actual Enrollment : | 1576 participants |
Observational Model: | Cohort |
Time Perspective: | Prospective |
Official Title: | Impact of Fentanyl Matrix on Improvement of Pain and Functioning in Spinal Disorder-related Pain: Multicenter, Open Label, Prospective, Observational Study |
Study Start Date : | May 2008 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2008 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2008 |

Group/Cohort | Intervention/treatment |
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001 |
Drug: fentanyl
Degenerative Spine Disorder, starting with 12mcg/h (flexible dose)
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002 |
Drug: fentanyl
(LDK) Lumbar Degenerative Kyphosis, starting with 12mcg/h (flexible dose)
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003 |
Drug: fentanyl
Bone Fracture, starting with 12mcg/h (flexible dose)
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004 |
Drug: fentanyl
(CRPS) Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, starting with 12mcg/h (flexible dose)
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005 |
Drug: fentanyl
Infection, starting with 12mcg/h (flexible dose)
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006 |
Drug: fentanyl
(FBSS) Failed Back Surgery Syndrome, starting with 12mcg/h (flexible dose)
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007 |
Drug: fentanyl
Other Deformity, starting with 12mcg/h (flexible dose)
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- Pain intensity with Numeric Rating Scale [ Time Frame: baseline, week 4 and week 8 ]
- Impact of activity of daily living and social activities [ Time Frame: baseline, week 4 and week 8 ]
- Investigator and patient global assessment [ Time Frame: baseline, week 4 and week 8 ]
- CGI-I (Clinical Global Impression) [ Time Frame: baseline, week 4 and week 8 ]
- K-ODI (Korean version of Oswestry Disability Index) [ Time Frame: baseline, week 4 and week 8 ]
- Improvement of sleep disturbance [ Time Frame: baseline, week 4 and week 8 ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 20 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients who complain of spinal disorder-related chronic pain persisting for 3 months or longer
- Patients who can fully observe the overall clinical study requirements including K-ODI completion at the investigator's discretion
- Patients who complain of severe pain (NRS score = 7) because pain was not treated enough with the previous analgesic
- Patients who have never been administered fentanyl matrix over the last one month
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with a history of the drug or alcohol abuse in the past or now
- Childbearing women who are pregnant or likely to be pregnant during the study period and male patients who are neither infertile nor willing to refrain from sexual relations but whose partner does not conduct an effective contraception (implant, injections, oral contraceptives, intrauterine device, etc.)
- Patients who are unable to use a transdermal system due to skin disease
- Patients with serious mental disorder
- Patients with history of hypersensitivity to opioid analgesics
- Patients with history of CO2 retention
- Patients who are not eligible for the study participation based on warnings, precautions and contra medications in the package insert of the study drug at the investigator's discretion

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00797017
Study Director: | Janssen Korea, Ltd. Clinical Trial | Janssen Korea, Ltd. |
Responsible Party: | Janssen Korea, Ltd., Korea |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00797017 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CR015409 |
First Posted: | November 24, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | April 28, 2014 |
Last Verified: | April 2014 |
Keywords provided by Janssen Korea, Ltd., Korea:
Chronic Pain Fentanyl Matrix Spinal disorder-related pain |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Back Pain Low Back Pain Spinal Diseases Pain Neurologic Manifestations Nervous System Diseases Signs and Symptoms Bone Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Fentanyl Analgesics, Opioid |
Narcotics Central Nervous System Depressants Physiological Effects of Drugs Analgesics Sensory System Agents Peripheral Nervous System Agents Adjuvants, Anesthesia Anesthetics, Intravenous Anesthetics, General Anesthetics |