Ketamine and Refractory Painful Care in a Palliative Unit
Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
2019-01-10
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Pain is one of the major symptoms in palliative care units and often is very difficult to
treat, being considered as a refractory pain.
There are different causes of refractory pain: pain due to bed sores and ulcer bandages,
carcinological or ischemic wounds or injuries, pain due to patients' reduced mobility, pain
due to traumatological injuries, pain associated with a long-term bed confinement, etc.
The investigators propose a prospective study to estimate the effect and the tolerance to a
subcutaneous bolus of ketamine administered for the treatment of refractory pain due to the
care of bedsores, ulcers and vascular wounds in patients hospitalized in palliative care
units.