Practice survey tumor pain

Study type

• Study topic:
  Disease /health condition

  Other
• Study topic, other:
  Disease/Epidemiology study
• Study type:
  Non-interventional study
• Scope of the study:
  Disease epidemiology
• Data collection methods:
  Primary data collection

Non-interventional study

• Non-interventional study design:
  Cross-sectional

Study drug and medical condition

• Medical condition to be studied:
  Cancer pain

Population studied

• Short description of the study population:
  All cancer patients suffering pain from Germany.
• Age groups:
  Children (2 to < 12 years)

  Adolescents (12 to < 18 years)

  Adults (18 to < 46 years)

  Adults (46 to < 65 years)

  Adults (65 to < 75 years)

  Adults (75 to < 85 years)

  Adults (85 years and over)
• Special population of interest:
  Other
• Special population of interest, other:
  Cancer patients
• Estimated number of subjects:
  5000

Study design details

• Main study objective:
  To assess patient-reported information on the characteristics of cancer-related background and breakthrough pain, treatment approaches and interference with quality-of-life and daily life activities.
• Data analysis plan:
  Descriptive analysis of the as-reported data.