Sensory Changes From Chest Drains

Chronic Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Late Sensory Changes From Chest Drain Insertion During Thoracotomy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01274871
• Other study ID #: H-B-2008-059/drain
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 11, 2011
• Last updated: January 11, 2011
• Start date: December 2009
• Est. completion date: December 2010

Study information

• Verified date: January 2011
• Source: Rigshospitalet, Denmark
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: National Board of HealthDenmark: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Does chest drains contribute to the post thoracotomy pain syndrome

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 21
• Est. completion date: December 2010
• Est. primary completion date: April 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age > 18

• Able to cooperate

• able to speak and read Danish

Exclusion Criteria:

• repeat surgery

• cognitive dysfunction

• other nerve injury on the thorax

• abuse (medicine/ alcohol etc)

Study Design

Time Perspective: Retrospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Pain
• Thoracotomy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Section for Surgical Pathophysiology 4074	Copenhagen

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain (NRS)		3 years postoperatively	No
Primary	Sensory thresholds		3 years postoperatively	No
Secondary	Psychometrics (HADS)		3 years	No