Safety and Tolerability of Controlled-release Oxycodone on Postoperative Pain in Oncologic Head and Neck Surgery
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2012-10-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The hypothesis of this study is that controlled release oxycodone can be safe and well
tolerated for the control of postoperative pain in surgery for head and neck cancer. The
primary objective is to study the safety and the incidence and severity of adverse effects,
and the secondary objective is to evaluate the analgesic efficacy and identify the frequency
of use of rescue medication and the prescribing physician's opinion about the quality of
postoperative analgesia with oxycodone controlled release in oncologic surgery of the head
and neck.