Sex | |
Male/Female | 43/6 |
Age (years-old) | 69.0 ± 6.9 |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 20.4 ± 4.9 |
Cancer (Histology) | |
Lung Cancer (Ad/SQ/SCLC/Others) | 48 (26/14/4/4) |
Mesothelioma | 1 |
Stage | |
IIB/IIIA/IIIB/IVa | 1/4/7/37a |
ECOG PS | |
0-1/2/3/4 | 28/13/5/3 |
Pain locationb | |
Neck-shoulder/Upper limb/Chest/Hypochondrium/Lower back/Glutaeus to thigh | |
4/2/32/1/7/5 | |
Pain causesb | |
Distant metastasis (bone)/Invasion/Pleural dissemination | |
22 (17)/18/11 | |
Duration of cancer pain (months) | |
mean ± SD | 4.3 ± 4.4 |
median (range) | 2 (0.27–18) |
Duration of controlled-release oxycodone administration (months) | |
mean ± SD | 2.0 ± 4.3 |
median (range) | 0.6 (0.1 - 19.7) |
Fentanyl patch treatment site | |
day 1 | |
Hospitalized/Outpatient | 40/9 |
day 8 | |
Hospitalized/Outpatient | 32/17 |
day 15 | |
Hospitalized/Outpatient | 22/27 |
Concomitant systemic chemotherapy | |
Yes/No | 25/24 |
Concomitant radiotherapy | |
Yes/No | 12/37 |