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Lidocaine is a drug that has multiple uses. One of these is that when intravenously administered it is effective in reducing post-operative pain. The aim of this study is to investigate the beneficial effects of intravenous lignocaine on reducing pain, nausea and vomiting after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Also, by this research, we are aiming to find a suitable alternative analgesic.


Clinical Trial Description

After approval of synopsis from College of Physician and Surgeons of Pakistan (CPSP) and Ethical review committee (ERC) of Aga Khan University Karachi, patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria will be enrolled in the study. Written informed consent will be obtained before the surgery. Patients will be randomly allocated by CTU through computer generated block randomization into either lidocaine group (LG) or placebo group (PG).

The clinical trial unit (CTU) will be responsible to prepare the study drug and placebo in the same volume, color, consistency and packaging and treatment allocation would be done by assigning the study drug and placebo numbers. The staff, patient and the anaesthetists will be blind by the drug allocation. Only the CTU will have the list of randomization and their treatment allocation.

All patient will be given general anesthesia as per standard of care. All patients will be pre-medicated with oral midazolam 7.5 mg one hour before operating room. Standard American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) monitoring (NIBP, ECG, and Pulse Oximetry) will be applied. General anesthesia will be induced by Propofol 2 mg/kg, Nalbuphine 0.1mg/kg and Cis-Atracurium 0.2 mg/kg. Isoflurane 1% - 1.5% in a mixture of oxygen and air (50:50) will be used for maintenance of anesthesia. Before tracheal intubation, patients will receive intravenous bolus injection of the study drug in dose of 1.5mg/kg followed by the continuous infusion at the rate of 1.5mg/kg/hr. via standard computerized programmable infusion pump. The infusion will be continued throughout the surgery and will be stopped after extubation. After intubation, patients' minute ventilation will be adjusted to maintain normocapnia (end tidal CO2 35 - 40 mm of Hg). All patients will be given 1gm of intravenous Paracetamol after induction of anaesthesia. Supplemental analgesia, Nalbuphine 1mg, during surgery will be given if the heart rate and systolic blood pressure increases above 20% of respective baseline values and causes other than pain had been ruled out, which would be at the discretion of the primary anaesthetist. Prophylaxis for nausea and vomiting will be given by Dexamethasone 0.1mg/kg at induction of anaesthesia and Ondansetron 0.1mg/kg after the removal of gall bladder. At the end of surgery, residual neuromuscular blockade will be reversed by 0.05mg/kg of neostigmine and 0.5mg of glycopyrolate. The trachea will be extubated once the patient regained consciousness and then transferred to the post anesthesia care unit (PACU).

In the PACU, each patient will be assessed by the primary investigator for pain, nausea and vomiting at 15, 30, and 60 minutes. If the patient's pain will be equal to 4 or more on the numerical rating scale, he/she will be given Nalbuphine 1mg as a rescue analgesic. Likewise, if the patients has complain of nausea or vomiting, equal to or greater than 2 on Bellvile nausea score, he/she will be given Metoclopramide 10mg as rescue antiemetic. The analgesic and anti-emetic requirement in the ward for the first 6 hr. post-operatively will be recorded by the primary investigator.

The time of arrival at PACU will be recorded as "T1". The discharge time from PACU will also be recorded and would be declared as "T2". The time required for the patient to be discharged from the hospital will be recorded as "TD". TD will be the time when surgical team decides that patient can be discharged from the hospital. The difference between the length of stay in the hospital between the two groups will be calculated as total time spent (in HOURS) in the hospital "TT". It will be the sum of time interval between T1 to T2, and T2 to TD.

TT= (T1+T2+TD) ;


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NCT number NCT04182828
Study type Interventional
Source Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan
Contact Dr. M. Umer Slote, MBBS
Phone 0092-3333094346
Email umerslote_786@hotmail.com
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 4
Start date November 25, 2019
Completion date November 24, 2020

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