• Support Care Cancer · Mar 2015

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    Long-term safety and efficacy of oxycodone/naloxone prolonged-release tablets in patients with moderate-to-severe chronic cancer pain.

    • Sam H Ahmedzai, Wojciech Leppert, Marcin Janecki, Artur Pakosz, Mark Lomax, Heike Duerr, and Michael Hopp.
    • Academic Unit of Supportive Care, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
    • Support Care Cancer. 2015 Mar 1;23(3):823-30.

    AimTo evaluate the long-term safety and efficacy of prolonged-release oxycodone/naloxone (OXN PR) and its impact on quality of life (QoL), in patients with moderate-to-severe cancer pain.MethodsThis was an open-label extension (OLE) of a 4 week, randomized, double-blind (DB) study in which patients with moderate-to-severe cancer pain had been randomized to OXN PR or oxycodone PR (OxyPR). During the OLE phase, patients were treated with OXN PR capsules (≤ 20/60 mg/day) for ≤ 24 weeks. Outcome measures included safety, efficacy and QoL.ResultsOne hundred and twenty-eight patients entered the OLE, average pain scores based on the modified Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form were low and stable over the 24-week period. The improvement in bowel function and constipation symptoms as measured by the Bowel Function Index and patient assessment of constipation in patients treated with OXN PR during the 4-week DB study was maintained. In patients treated with OxyPR during the DB phase, bowel function and constipation symptoms were improved during the OLE. In the DB and in the OLE, health status and QoL were similar for patients treated with OXN PR and OxyPR. There were no unexpected safety or tolerability issues.ConclusionsIn patients with moderate-to-severe cancer pain, long-term use of OXN PR is well tolerated and effective, resulting in sustained analgesia, improved bowel function and improved symptoms of constipation.

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