# Long-term Opioid Therapy, Misuse and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Non-cancer Pain in Germany

> **NCT03778450** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **LinkCare GmbH** · enrollment: 3232 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pain

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Analgesics, Opioid
- **DRUG:** Non-Opioid Analgesic

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03778450
- **Lead sponsor:** LinkCare GmbH
- **Sponsor class:** INDUSTRY
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2018-12-05
- **Primary completion:** 2019-08-31
- **Final completion:** 2019-08-31
- **Target enrollment:** 3232 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2019-09-04

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03778450

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03778450, "Long-term Opioid Therapy, Misuse and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Non-cancer Pain in Germany". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03778450. Licensed CC0.

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