Clinical trialNCT03592459WithdrawnInterventional

Rectal Administration of Opioids Using the Macy Catheter in Reducing Pain in Patients With Advanced Cancer

SponsorM.D. Anderson Cancer CenterEnrollment0Advanced Malignant NeoplasmPain

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Summary

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This trial studies how well rectal administration of opioids using the Macy catheter works in reducing pain in patients with cancer that has spread to other anatomic sites or is no longer responding to treatment. Rectal administration of opioids using the Macy catheter may help to reduce the cost of care, resolve the issue of medication availability currently faced in the form of parenteral opioid shortage throughout the country, and provide adequate comfort and symptom relief for patients with smoother transition out of hospital.

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Investigators

The overall officials registered on this study. Names that resolve to a FindMyKOL profile link to it; the rest are shown as registered.

Ahsan Azhar
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

M D Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 8 Aug 2018
Primary completion: 31 Dec 2019
Completion: 15 Jan 2020
Last update posted: 16 Nov 2020
Registered enrollment: 0
Registry id: NCT03592459

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 11 Nov 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; FindMyKOL does not interpret them.