Cancer Pain Research Database

• Research type

  Research Database

• IRAS ID

  186478

• Contact name

  John E Williams

• Contact email

  john.williams@rmh.nhs.uk

• Research summary

  Cancer Pain Research Database

• REC name

  London - South East Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  16/LO/1989

• Date of REC Opinion

  23 Nov 2016

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion

• Data collection arrangements

  Data will be collected by patients completing validated pain and quality of life questionnaires on a tablet computer whilst they wait for their consultation. In addition, anonymous data relating to individual patient demographics, their pain treatment to date (medication, interventions) and oncological history and treatment will be automatically populated from the Royal Marsden's electronic patient record (EPR).

• Research programme

  The database will support the cancer pain research community. The majority of our research will be observational and retrospective in nature and will predominantly fall into three main themes; 1 - epidemiological i.e what proportion of patients with breast cancer have painful chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy? 2 – clinical outcomes i.e what proportion of cancer pain patients are receiving step 3 (strong) opioids? 3 – phenotyping i.e what proportion of patients with head and neck cancer related pain have neuropathic features to their pain?

• Research database title

  Cancer Pain Research Database

• Establishment organisation

  The Royal Marsden Hospital

• Establishment organisation address

  Fulham Road

  London

  SW3 6JJ