Celiac plexus block increases quality of life in patients with pancreatic cancer.

cancer pain celiac plexus neural therapy palliative care pancreatic cancer plexus block quality of life

Journal

Journal of pain research
ISSN: 1178-7090
Titre abrégé: J Pain Res
Pays: New Zealand
ID NLM: 101540514

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2019
Historique:
entrez: 26 1 2019
pubmed: 27 1 2019
medline: 27 1 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Pancreatic cancer is a malignant disease with a high mortality rate and severe pain that is challenging to manage. To reduce the excruciating abdominal pain, opioids and adjuvant agents are conventionally used. PRNCPB is a treatment of neural therapy. The number of studies assessing the effect on patients' QoL is limited and inconsistent. With this study, we intended to address this issue. A prospective nonrandomized study with a series of cases of unresectable pancreatic cancer was conducted. The study was performed at our pain clinic under real life conditions. A total number of 16 patients with severe abdominal pain were enrolled in the study all of whom had responded to combined systemic analgesic therapy inadequately and had intolerable side effects contraindicating further increase in dose. The efficacy of this invasive, palliative analgesic procedure was evaluated 35 days after PRNCPB was performed. Primary outcomes were changed in pain intensity using the VAS questionnaire. Secondary outcomes were improved in QoL using the SF-36 questionnaire. Changes in pain medications and adverse reactions were monitored. After PRNCPB patients experienced a significant decrease ( Detection, observation, and reporting bias can be estimated as moderate. Selection bias was not detected. Our results give preliminary evidence that PRNCPB might be helpful as an additional treatment to conventional pain management in end-stage pancreatic cancer patients. PRNCPB seems to improve QoL in these patients in a time frame of at least 5 weeks after intervention.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Pancreatic cancer is a malignant disease with a high mortality rate and severe pain that is challenging to manage. To reduce the excruciating abdominal pain, opioids and adjuvant agents are conventionally used.
OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVE
PRNCPB is a treatment of neural therapy. The number of studies assessing the effect on patients' QoL is limited and inconsistent. With this study, we intended to address this issue.
STUDY DESIGN METHODS
A prospective nonrandomized study with a series of cases of unresectable pancreatic cancer was conducted.
SETTING METHODS
The study was performed at our pain clinic under real life conditions.
MATERIALS AND METHODS METHODS
A total number of 16 patients with severe abdominal pain were enrolled in the study all of whom had responded to combined systemic analgesic therapy inadequately and had intolerable side effects contraindicating further increase in dose. The efficacy of this invasive, palliative analgesic procedure was evaluated 35 days after PRNCPB was performed. Primary outcomes were changed in pain intensity using the VAS questionnaire. Secondary outcomes were improved in QoL using the SF-36 questionnaire. Changes in pain medications and adverse reactions were monitored.
RESULTS RESULTS
After PRNCPB patients experienced a significant decrease (
LIMITATIONS CONCLUSIONS
Detection, observation, and reporting bias can be estimated as moderate. Selection bias was not detected.
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
Our results give preliminary evidence that PRNCPB might be helpful as an additional treatment to conventional pain management in end-stage pancreatic cancer patients. PRNCPB seems to improve QoL in these patients in a time frame of at least 5 weeks after intervention.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30679920
doi: 10.2147/JPR.S186659
pii: jpr-12-307
pmc: PMC6338112
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

307-315

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Disclosure The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

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Auteurs

István Molnár (I)

Doctoral School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary, henrik.szoke@etk.pte.hu.

Gabriella Hegyi (G)

Doctoral School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary, henrik.szoke@etk.pte.hu.
Department of CAM, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary, henrik.szoke@etk.pte.hu.

Lajos Zsom (L)

Department of Nephrology, Fresenius Medical Care, Cegléd, Hungary.

Christine Saahs (C)

Department of Pediatrics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Pediatric Outpatient Department, Krems, Austria.

Jan Vagedes (J)

University Children's Hospital, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
Department of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, ARCIM Institute (Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine), Filderstadt, Germany.

Gábor Kapócs (G)

Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Saint John Hospital, Budapest, Hungary.

Zoltán Kovács (Z)

Doctoral School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary, henrik.szoke@etk.pte.hu.

Martin-Günther Sterner (MG)

Department of Medical Clinics I, Klinikum Niederlausitz, Lauchhammer, Germany.

Henrik Szőke (H)

Doctoral School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary, henrik.szoke@etk.pte.hu.
Department of CAM, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary, henrik.szoke@etk.pte.hu.

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