Evaluation And Risk Assessment For Persistent Postsurgical Pain After Breast Surgery — B-CAPP  

Breast Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title: Evaluation And Risk Assessment For Persistent Postsurgical Pain After Breast Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study (Breast CAncer Surgery Postsurgical Pain)

Status Active, not recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

Pre-existing pain and severe postoperative pain are predictors of persistent pain after surgery, but a complete understanding on the development of persistent pain is still lacking. The study aims to identify clinically relevant and genetic risk factors for persistent postsurgical pain that can be reliably distinguished statistically.

Clinical Trial Description

The study will focus on: (i) risk factors representing biopsychosocial processes that influence chronic pain, such as pain and psychological vulnerability; (ii) genetic factors relating to mechanistic pathways to persistent pain generation. Patients will be recruited from those undergoing breast cancer surgery at the mentioned site. Pain and anxiety assessment will be conducted via visual analogue scoring, mechanical temporal summation assessment and a series of questionnaires. After the surgery, all patients will be given appropriate analgesia, and the pain score and analgesia usage will be recorded. Phone survey will be conducted 4 and 6 months, respectively, after surgery to determine the outcomes. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acute Pain
• Breast Cancer
• Breast Neoplasms
• Chronic Pain
• Depression
• Depression, Anxiety
• Pain, Postoperative

• NCT number: NCT03408717
• Study type: Observational
• Source: KK Women's and Children's Hospital
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Start date: January 3, 2018
• Completion date: December 31, 2023