# Treatment of Pain in Head-and-Neck Cancer Patients: is Methadone More Effective?

> **NCT01317589** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Maastricht University Medical Center** · enrollment: 134 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pain
- Cancer of Head and Neck

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** fentanyl
- **DRUG:** methadone

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01317589
- **Lead sponsor:** Maastricht University Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2011-05
- **Primary completion:** 2015-07
- **Final completion:** 2015-07
- **Target enrollment:** 134 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2015-07-16


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01317589

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01317589, "Treatment of Pain in Head-and-Neck Cancer Patients: is Methadone More Effective?". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01317589. Licensed CC0.

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