Postoperative Narcotic Use After Laparoscopic Gynecologic Surgery

Endometriosis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Postoperative Narcotic Use After Laparoscopic Gynecologic Surgery: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial Comparing Continuous Intraperitoneal Infusion of Ropivacaine Versus Saline for Post-operative Pain Control

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04118777
• Other study ID #: 123
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: July 30, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: July 2021
• Source: University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This will be a prospective, randomized, double blinded placebo-controlled study at Erlanger hospital. Eligible patients who provide consent will be randomized into one of two arms receiving continuous intra-peritoneal local anesthetic with 0.2% Ropivacaine or saline.

Description:

This will be a prospective, randomized, double blinded placebo-controlled study at Erlanger hospital. Eligible patients who provide consent will be randomized into one of two arms receiving continuous intra-peritoneal local anesthetic with 0.2% Ropivacaine or saline. After inclusion criteria are met and consents are obtained all patients will be sent home with a pain measurement, a pill diary to record the quantity of narcotic tablets taken, and a questionnaire nausea and vomiting symptoms.

After placement of the ON-Q pain pump the select-a-flow rate will be set to 6 mL/hr for all study participants. . All study participants will be provided with rescue pain medications as needed. If possible non-narcotic medications such as Tylenol and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory's will be utilized first. If pain persists narcotic medications will be provided. Oxycodone 5 mg will be utilized unless a patient reported allergy exists. All rescue narcotics utilized will be converted into morphine equivalents and documented. All patients will be discharged with Oxycodone 5 mg with 35 tablets which provides pain coverage for 7 days after surgery. In addition to Oxycodone all patients will be discharged with Sprix, a nasal non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication, as well as Zofran and movantik, a medication for narcotic induced constipation. All patients will be instructed to administer Sprix by placing one puff into each nostril every 6 hours for a total of 5 days after surgery. They will further be instructed to take oral Tylenol 1000 mg every 6 hours for a total of 4 days after surgery. Assigned research personnel will contact all patients to obtain the results of their survey and pill dairy at 48 hours and one week after surgery. Patients will then present for a two-week post-operative visit where study personnel will complete data collection. All study participants who request a narcotic refill within 6 weeks of surgery will be documented.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: July 30, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: June 30, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. All patients undergoing laparoscopic gynecologic surgery with either the traditional "straight stick" or robotic assisted techniques will be considered for eligibility. Eligible patients will include those with pelvic pain and endometriosis as well as those who present for pelvic floor reconstruction. Surgical procedures performed will include excision of endometriosis, lysis of adhesions, hysterectomy, bilateral or unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, cystectomy, and pelvic reconstruction.

2. Patients who are 18 years or older

3. Patients who provide written surgical consent

4. Patients who are capable and willing to follow up with surveys and complete pain and pill diaries

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients who are unable or willing to provide consent and complete the follow up surveys and dairies

2. Patients who are allergic to Ropivacaine

3. Patients whose minimally invasive procedures were converted to laparotomies

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Endometriosis
• Pelvic Pain
• Pelvic Prolapse
• Prolapse

Intervention

Drug:
• Ropivacaine
0.2 % Ropivacaine will be continuously administered intraperitoneally at a rate of 6 mL/hr

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Tennessee, Chattanooga

References & Publications (14)

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Perniola A, Fant F, Magnuson A, Axelsson K, Gupta A. Postoperative pain after abdominal hysterectomy: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial comparing continuous infusion vs patient-controlled intraperitoneal injection of local anaesthetic. Br J Anaesth. 2014 Feb;112(2):328-36. doi: 10.1093/bja/aet345. Epub 2013 Oct 31. — View Citation

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Amount of rescue narcotics consumed in the postoperative period, calculated as morphine equivalents.	All rescue oral narcotics taken in the post-operative period will be converted to morphine equivalents and recorded	6 weeks after surgery
Secondary	post-operative pain scores	Pain scores will be obtained via the visual analog scale (VAS). The VAS tool measures pain on a scale from 0 to 10 with 0 being no pain and 10 being unbearable pain.	1,2, 4, and 48 hours after surgery. 1 and 2 weeks after surgery
Secondary	nausea and vomiting	The postoperative nausea and vomiting impact scale will be used to measure the presence and amount of nausea and vomiting. The scale measures the amount of vomiting from 0 ( no vomiting) to 3 ( three or more episodes of vomiting). The second questions measures the presence of nausea and then the amount from o ( no nausea) to 3 ( all of the time).	48 hours, 1 week, and 2 weeks after surgery
Secondary	Hospital discharge	Time to discharge	post-operative day zero to two