Use of TTS fentanyl as a single opioid for cancer pain relief: a safety and efficacy clinical trial in patients naive to mild or strong opioids

K Mystakidou, S Befon, E Tsilika, K Dardoufas… - Oncology, 2002 - karger.com
Background: Up to now, a transdermal therapeutic system (TTS) of fentanyl has been
applied to cancer patients on opioid analgesics previously treated with mild opioids or …

Long‐term cancer pain management in morphine pre‐treated and opioid naive patients with transdermal fentanyl

K Mystakidou, E Tsilika, E Parpa… - … journal of cancer, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
There is emerging data supporting the use of TTS‐F (transdermal therapeutic system‐
fentanyl) in opioid naive patients. Our study examines the safety and efficacy of TTS‐F in the …

Safety and efficacy of transdermal fentanyl in patients with cancer pain: phase IV, Turkish oncology group trial

Ş Kömürcü, S Turhal, K Altundağ… - European Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
We have performed a prospective evaluation of the efficacy, safety and convenience of the
transdermal therapeutic system–fentanyl (TTS‐F) in Turkish cancer patients when it was …

Use of transdermal fentanyl without prior opioid stabilization in patients with cancer pain

MO Tawfik, V Bryuzgin, G Kourteva… - … medical research and …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: To determine the safety and efficacy of transdermal fentanyl for pain relief in
cancer patients and to compare the effects on patients according to whether they had …

Low doses of transdermal fentanyl in opioid-naive patients with cancer pain

S Mercadante, G Porzio, P Ferrera, F Aielli… - … medical research and …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect and tolerability of low doses of
transdermal (TD) fentanyl patches in opioid-naive patients with cancer pain. Methods: This …

Transdermal fentanyl in combination with initial intravenous dose titration by patient-controlled analgesia

DFJ Zech, KA Lehmann - Anti-Cancer Drugs, 1995 - journals.lww.com
Two studies including a total of 70 patients evaluated the efficacy and side effects of a
combination of initial patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) for dose finding with transdermal …

[HTML][HTML] Pain management of cancer patients with transdermal fentanyl: a study of 1828 step I, II, & III transfers

K Mystakidou, E Parpa, E Tsilika, E Katsouda… - The Journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
The aim of this observational study was to examine pain management outcomes and quality
of life (QoL) measures in cancer patients with intolerable or chronic severe pain transferring …

Transdermal fentanyl in cancer patients with moderate-to-severe pain: a prospective examination.

G Iconomou, A Viha, AG Vagenakis… - Anticancer …, 2000 - europepmc.org
Background [corrected] The aim of the study was to evaluate prospectively the analgesic
efficacy, toxicity and acceptability of the transdermal fentanyl therapeutic system (TTS-F) in …

[HTML][HTML] Transdermal fentanyl in opioid-naive cancer pain patients: an open trial using transdermal fentanyl for the treatment of chronic cancer pain in opioid-naive …

APE Vielvoye-Kerkmeer, C Mattern… - Journal of pain and …, 2000 - Elsevier
To treat cancer pain, physicians often decide to jump directly from step 1 of the World Health
Organization (WHO) analgesic ladder to step 3. The use of transdermal fentanyl in patients …

Longitudinal follow-up of TTS-fentanyl use in patients with cancer-related pain: results of a compassionate-use study with special focus on elderly patients

J Menten, M Desmedt, D Lossignol… - Current medical research …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Goals of the work: This open compassionate-use prospective registration study evaluated
the tolerability, ease of use and applied doses of transdermal (TTS) fentanyl in adult patients …