Incidence of Chronic Pain After Thoracotomy

Postoperative Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Incidence of Chronic Pain After Thoracotomy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05177575
• Other study ID #: 2012-KAEK-15/2438
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: December 16, 2021
• Est. completion date: April 16, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: August 2023
• Source: Atatürk Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital
• Contact: Musa Zengin, MD
• Phone: 903125677233
• Email: musazengin[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Thoracotomy is frequently performed in thoracic surgery. It is widely accepted that thoracotomy causes severe acute pain. Many factors such as postoperative analgesia treatment plan, operation time, number of chest tubes, and duration of chest tube stay can affect acute pain. This acute pain prolongs the discharge time of the patients and increases the frequency of postoperative pulmonary complications and postoperative morbidity. Postoperative acute pain may cause chronic thoracotomy pain in the later period, and may adversely affect the quality of life of the patients. This study aims to analyze the symptoms of chronic pain in the 3rd and 6th months postoperatively in patients who had undergone thoracotomy.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: April 16, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: March 16, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age between 18 and 65 years
• American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I-II-III
• Body mass index (BMI) between 18-35 kg/m2
• Patients undergoing elective thoracotomy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Advanced cancer
• History of chronic analgesic therapy
• Patients with previous thoracic surgery
• Patients who were operated under emergency conditions

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acute Pain
• Chronic Pain
• Pain, Postoperative
• Postoperative Pain
• Thoracotomy

Intervention

Procedure:
• Thoracotomy application
The chronic pain findings of the patients who underwent thoracotomy will be questioned at the postoperative 3rd and 6th months.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Ankara Atatürk Chest Disease and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital	Kecioren	Ankara

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Atatürk Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Chronic pain symptoms at 3rd months.	Chronic pain symptoms will be assessed using the visual analog scale on a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain). Neuropathic pain symptoms (burning, stabbing, electric shock-like pain, tingling, numbness, pins, and needles feeling, hyperalgesia, allodynia, and hypoesthesia) will also be asked to the patients in the 3rd month after surgery.	Chronic pain symptoms at 3rd months.
Primary	Chronic pain symptoms at 6th months.	Chronic pain symptoms will be assessed using the visual analog scale on a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain). Neuropathic pain symptoms (burning, stabbing, electric shock-like pain, tingling, numbness, pins, and needles feeling, hyperalgesia, allodynia, and hypoesthesia) will also be asked to the patients in the 6th month after surgery.	Chronic pain symptoms at 6th months.