A Randomized Crossover Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of Oral Transmucosal Fentanyl Citrate in the Treatment of Dyspnea on Exertion in Patients With Advanced Cancer.

Conclusion:It could not be demonstrated that the OTFC improved exertion dyspnea in patients with advanced cancer. A placebo effect was observed in all the patients. PMID: 24259406 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care - November 20, 2013 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Pinna MA, Bruera E, Moralo MJ, Correas MA, Vargas RM Tags: Am J Hosp Palliat Care Source Type: research