Journal of Pain and Symptom Management,

Paying for Palliative Care in Medicare: Evidence from the Four Seasons/Duke CMMI Demonstration

Palliative care improves patient and family outcomes and may reduce the cost of care, but this service is underutilized among Medicare beneficiaries.

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Wed Jun 26, 2019 03:00

Minocycline for Symptom Reduction during Oxaliplatin-Based Chemotherapy for Colorectal Cancer: A Phase II Randomized Clinical Trial

The most debilitating symptoms during oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) are neuropathy and fatigue. Inflammation has been suggested to contribute to these symptoms, and the anti-inflammatory agent minocycline is safe and readily available.

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Wed Jun 26, 2019 03:00

Additive Duloxetine for Cancer-related Neuropathic Pain Nonresponsive or Intolerant to Opioid-Pregabalin Therapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial (JORTC-PAL08)

Although opioids and pregabalin are widely used for cancer-related neuropathic pain (CNP), no clinical trials exist to determine which medications are effective when an opioid-pregabalin combination therapy fails.

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Wed Jun 26, 2019 03:00