ArticleCancers2021
Can Naloxegol Therapy Improve Quality of Life in Patients with Advanced Cancer?
Article in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04294550 (A Multicenter, Observational Prospective Study on Quality of Life), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.
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A Multicenter, Observational Prospective Study on Quality of Life (QOL) in Advanced Cancer Patients With Opioid-induced Constipation (OIC) Treated at Home With Naloxegol According to the Clinical Practice
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Establishing the minimal important change for Patient Assessment of Constipation Quality of Life questionnaire for the prevention of opioid-induced constipation in patients with cancer pain.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Trial
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- Naloxegol for the Treatment of Opioid-Induced Constipation in Patients with Cancer Pain: A Pooled Analysis of Real-World Data.Cancers · 2025Article
- Prostate cancer induced bone pain: pathobiology, current treatments and pain responses from recent clinical trials.Discover oncology · 2022Review
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Abstract
This observational study aims to evaluate the efficacy of naloxegol therapy in resolving opioid-induced constipation (OIC) and in improving the quality of life in a home palliative care cancer setting. Advanced cancer patients with OIC (Rome IV criteria) not relieved by laxatives started a naloxegol therapy 25 mg/day for 4 weeks. Quality of life was evaluated by Patient Assessment of Constipation Quality-of-Life (PAC-QoL) at day 0 and day 28; background pain by Numerical Rating Scale, number of weekly spontaneous bowel movements and Bowel Function Index (BFI) were evaluated at day 0 and every week. Seventy-eight patients who completed the 4-week study improved all four PAC-QoL dimensions (physical and psychological discomfort, worries/concerns and satisfaction level). Weekly spontaneous bowel movements increased and BFI improved. Background pain reduced after seven days and remained lower during the following weeks. Seventy-two patients dropped out the study before day 28 with a reduced survival compared to patients completing the study. Even in these patients, an improvement of bowel function was observed after two weeks. Naloxegol was effective in improving the quality of life, resolving OIC and reducing overall pain in patients with advanced cancer.
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