Effectiveness of Ketamine in Malignant Neuropathic Pain Relief

Summary

To see whether the addition of low-dose ketamine to a subcutaneous morphine infusion improves analgesia in patients with neuropathic cancer pain.

Timeline

Start

2013-09

Primary completion

2016-10

Completion

2016-10

Publications

• Background Mao J, Price DD, Mayer DJ. Mechanisms of hyperalgesia and morphine tolerance: a current view of their possible interactions. Pain. 1995 Sep;62(3):259-274. doi: 10.1016/0304-3959(95)00073-2.
• Background Ko SW, Wu LJ, Shum F, Quan J, Zhuo M. Cingulate NMDA NR2B receptors contribute to morphine-induced analgesic tolerance. Mol Brain. 2008 Jun 17;1:2. doi: 10.1186/1756-6606-1-2.
• Background Mayer DJ, Mao J, Price DD. The association of neuropathic pain, morphine tolerance and dependence, and the translocation of protein kinase C. NIDA Res Monogr. 1995;147:269-98.
• Background Qi X, Evans AM, Wang J, Miners JO, Upton RN, Milne RW. Inhibition of morphine metabolism by ketamine. Drug Metab Dispos. 2010 May;38(5):728-31. doi: 10.1124/dmd.109.030957. Epub 2010 Feb 2.
• Background Bell RF, Eccleston C, Kalso E. Ketamine as adjuvant to opioids for cancer pain. A qualitative systematic review. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2003 Sep;26(3):867-75. doi: 10.1016/s0885-3924(03)00311-7.
• Background Bell RF. Low-dose subcutaneous ketamine infusion and morphine tolerance. Pain. 1999 Oct;83(1):101-3. doi: 10.1016/s0304-3959(99)00096-2.
• Background Freynhagen R, Baron R, Gockel U, Tolle TR. painDETECT: a new screening questionnaire to identify neuropathic components in patients with back pain. Curr Med Res Opin. 2006 Oct;22(10):1911-20. doi: 10.1185/030079906X132488.
• Background Hagelberg NM, Peltoniemi MA, Saari TI, Kurkinen KJ, Laine K, Neuvonen PJ, Olkkola KT. Clarithromycin, a potent inhibitor of CYP3A, greatly increases exposure to oral S-ketamine. Eur J Pain. 2010 Jul;14(6):625-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2009.10.003. Epub 2009 Nov 7.
• Background Nisbet AT, Mooney-Cotter F. Comparison of selected sedation scales for reporting opioid-induced sedation assessment. Pain Manag Nurs. 2009 Sep;10(3):154-64. doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2009.03.001.
• Background Buysse DJ, Reynolds CF 3rd, Monk TH, Berman SR, Kupfer DJ. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index: a new instrument for psychiatric practice and research. Psychiatry Res. 1989 May;28(2):193-213. doi: 10.1016/0165-1781(89)90047-4.

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