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Metamizol for the Treatment of Neoplastic Chronic Pain

TerminatedPhase 4NCT02181920
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.

Brief summary (from the registry)

Study to evaluate the efficacy of metamizole in reducing morphine requirements in patients with moderate to severe chronic cancer pain in comparison to administration of placebo or diclofenac.

Study details

Official title
Analgesic Effect of a New Metamizol Oral Pharmaceutical Form for the Treatment of the Neoplastic Chronic Pain: Randomized, Double-blind Crossover Clinical Trial Between Metamizol, Diclofenac and Placebo
Conditions
Interventions
  • Drug: Metamizole
  • Drug: Diclofenac
  • Drug: Diclofenac placebo
  • Drug: Metamizole placebo
Sponsor
Boehringer Ingelheim
Start date
2000-03
Primary completion
2000-11
Sex
All
Age range
from 18 Years
Results posted
No results posted in this snapshot
Total sites listed
0

Eligibility criteria

Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Hospitalized patients with neoplastic chronic pain requiring morphine treatment Exclusion Criteria: * Karnofsky index less than 30%

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02181920