The withdrawal from Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in cancer pain patients

• Project/Area Number: 26860479
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: General internal medicine(including psychosomatic medicine)
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Sakashita Akihiro 神戸大学, 医学研究科, 非常勤講師 (90514662)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: がん疼痛 / 非ステロイド性消炎鎮痛薬 / NSAIDs / 中止

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely prescribed for patients with cancer pain. In this study, we investigated an interview for hospital-based palliative care team physicians how they withdraw from NSAIDs that were combined with opioids for cancer pain. From these results, we determined it about withdrawal criteria of NSAIDs.