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ReviewCancers2019

Pain Management in Patients with Multiple Myeloma: An Update.

Flaminia Coluzzi, Roman Rolke, Sebastiano Mercadante

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04835779 (Biometric and Biological Data for Diagnosis and Therapy of Pain Patients German), which is not on this map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04835779 unknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Biometric and Biological Data for Diagnosis and Therapy of Pain Patients German: Biometrische Und Biologische Daten für Die Diagnose Und Therapie Bei Schmerzpatienten

TypeobservationalSponsorRWTH Aachen UniversityRan2020 to 2023Enrolled68ConditionsSmall Fiber Neuropathy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Perioperative considerations for patients with multiple myeloma.European journal of anaesthesiology and intensive care · 2026
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  6. Role of TRP Channels in Cancer-Induced Bone Pain.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  14. Metastatic Infiltration of Nervous Tissue and Periosteal Nerve Sprouting in Multiple Myeloma-Induced Bone Pain in Mice and Human.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Flaminia ColuzziDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Polo Pontino, 04100 Latina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7184-5519
Roman RolkeDepartment of Palliative Medicine, Medical Faculty RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany.
Sebastiano MercadanteMain regional center for Pain Relief & Supportive Care, La Maddalena Cancer Center, 90100 Palermo, Italy.
La Maddalena · ITRWTH Aachen University · DESapienza University of Rome · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most patients with multiple myeloma (MM) suffer from chronic pain at every stage of the natural disease process. This review focuses on the most common causes of chronic pain in MM patients: (1) pain from myeloma bone disease (MBD); (2) chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy as a possible consequence of proteasome inhibitor therapy (i.e., bortezomib-induced); (3) post-herpetic neuralgia as a possible complication of varicella zoster virus reactivation because of post-transplantation immunodepression; and (4) pain in cancer survivors, with increasing numbers due to the success of antiblastic treatments, which have significantly improved overall survival and quality of life. In this review, non-pain specialists will find an overview including a detailed description of physiopathological mechanisms underlying central sensitization and pain chronification in bone pain, the rationale for the correct use of analgesics and invasive techniques in different pain syndromes, and the most recent recommendations published on these topics. The ultimate target of this review was to underlie that different types of pain can be observed in MM patients, and highlight that only after an accurate pain assessment, clinical examination, and pain classification, can pain be safely and effectively addressed by selecting the right analgesic option for the right patient.

Indexed as

bisphosphonatecancer survivorschemotherapy induced neuropathic paindenosumabmultiple myelomaneuropathic painopioidspainpost-herpetic neuralgiaskeletal-related events

Identifiers

PMID31861097
PMCPMC6966684
OpenAlexW2996502360

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