Table 2.
Patient-reported baseline clinical characteristics and pain.
| Baseline (N = 31) | |
|---|---|
| Discussed OIC with HCP during office visit (N, %) (N = 27 who had office visit) | 24 (88.9) |
| Health rating (N, %) | |
| Excellent | 0 (0.0) |
| Very good | 1 (3.2) |
| Good | 4 (12.9) |
| Fair | 13 (41.9) |
| Poor | 13 (41.9) |
| Type of chronic pain (N, %)a | |
| Pain related to cancer | 30 (96.8) |
| Back pain | 15 (48.4) |
| Joint pain | 10 (32.3) |
| Pain syndrome | 10 (32.3) |
| Neuralgia | 3 (9.7) |
| Fibromyalgia | 2 (6.5) |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 2 (6.5) |
| Headache or migraine | 1 (3.2) |
| Otherb | 2 (6.5) |
| Pain severity | |
| Average pain last 24 h (mean, SD) | 5.2 (2.5) |
| Average pain last 7 days (mean, SD) | 5.2 (2.6) |
| How much does the constipation interfere with your ability of opioid medication to control pain? (N, %) | N = 28 |
| No interference; pain adequately managed | 5 (17.9) |
| Little interference, pain mostly managed | 11 (39.3) |
| Moderate interference, pain moderately managed | 11 (39.3) |
| Complete interference with adequate pain management; pain not at all managed | 1 (3.6) |
| In the past 7 days, did you change how you used your opioid pain medication(s), so that you could have BMs? (n, % yes) | 3 (9.7) |
| If yes: how change (N, %) | N = 3 |
| No longer take my pain medication | 0 (0.0) |
| Reduced how much of my pain medication I use | 2 (66.7) |
| Temporarily interrupted the use of pain medication | 0 (0.0) |
| Switched to a different pain medication | 0 (0.0) |
| Other | 1 (33.3) |
aThis category is not mutually exclusive, and participants were able to report more than one type of chronic pain.
bOther includes liver metastases (N = 1) and leg/ankle cramp (N = 1).
BM, bowel movement; HCP, health-care provider; OIC, opioid-induced constipation.