Integrating Topical Herbal Plasters to Enhance Pain Management and Reduce Opioid Use in Cancer Patients (EASE)
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Summary
The are doing this study to find out whether using topical (on the skin) herbal plasters, Tibetree pain- relieving plasters (PRPs), can be an effective addition to standard opioid therapy for pain management. The researchers will look at whether the Tibetree PRPs are a practical (feasible) and effective way of managing localized pain (pain that is limited to a certain area) in people who are currently taking opioids. Participants in this study will have cancer or have had it in the past.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * English speaking with age ≥ 18 years or older * A diagnosis of cancer with no restrictions placed on type of cancer or stage. Eligibility criteria will not be restricted to MSK confirmed biopsy/diagnosis. Outside institution's testing is sufficient. * Ambulatory (Karnofsky Performance Status of ≥ 60) * Having one of three types of pain (e.g., musculoskeletal pain, bone metastasis pain, and visceral/abdominal pain) and the worst pain area can be covered by one patch of topical herbal plaster * Worst pain score (measured by the 0-10 numeric pain rating scale) 4 or above in…
Interventions
- DrugTopical herbal plaster
Participants will receive topical herbal plaster once a day for up to 8 hours daily for 7 days.
Locations (7)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (All Protocol Activities)Basking Ridge, New Jersey
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All Protocol Activities)Middletown, New Jersey
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (All Protocol Activities)Montvale, New Jersey
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk- Commack (All Protocol Activities)Commack, New York
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (All Protocol Activities)Harrison, New York
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)New York, New York