The Prevalence of Chronic Pain and Continued Opioid Use After Cardiac Surgery

Chronic Pain Clinical Trial

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Official title:

The Prevalence of Chronic Pain and Continued Opioid Use After Cardiac

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03412448
• Other study ID #: 2017-2188
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 19, 2018
• Last updated: January 19, 2018
• Start date: June 1, 2017
• Est. completion date: August 1, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: January 2018
• Source: Montreal Heart Institute
• Contact: Jennifer Cogan, MD
• Phone: 514-376-3330
• Email: cogan.jennifer[@]me.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The authors propose to evaluate the prevalence of chronic post-operative pain (CPOP) and continued opioid use in the population that has undergone cardiac surgery at the Montreal Heart Institute. In addition, the authors wish to evaluate the presence of known risk factors for CPOP in this population.

Description:

This study will use a 15-minute telephone survey to prospectively evaluate the prevalence and intensity of chronic pain 6 months and 1 year after cardiac surgery. Data on the level of post-operative pain experienced on days 1 to 4, at the time of surgery, as well as opioid consumption, adjuvant pain treatments and other variables of interest that are currently recorded prospectively at time of surgery will be culled from patient charts. Additionally, the possibility of continued opioid use by patients at 6 months post-surgery will be evaluated.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 320
• Est. completion date: August 1, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: June 15, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

All patients who have surgery at the Montreal Heart Institute between October 1 2017 and October 1 2018 will be eligible for selection.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients who have declined to be contacted after surgery as noted on the MHI form "Consent for futur projects".

All patients who accepted to be contacted but decline to participate when contacted after their surgery.

Patients who cannot be reached by phone. Patients who cannot speak French

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiac Surgery
• Chronic Pain
• Opioid Use

Intervention

Other:
• observation
Observation,

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Montreal Heart Institute	Montréal	Quebec

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Montreal Heart Institute

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

References & Publications (3)

Alam A, Gomes T, Zheng H, Mamdani MM, Juurlink DN, Bell CM. Long-term analgesic use after low-risk surgery: a retrospective cohort study. Arch Intern Med. 2012 Mar 12;172(5):425-30. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1827. — View Citation

Choinière M, Watt-Watson J. Persistent postoperative nonanginal pain after cardiac surgery. CMAJ. 2014 Aug 5;186(11):855. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.114-0057. — View Citation

Mazzeffi M, Khelemsky Y. Poststernotomy pain: a clinical review. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2011 Dec;25(6):1163-78. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2011.08.001. Epub 2011 Sep 29. Review. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Prevalence of CPOP	Prevalence of CPOP at 6-months post-surgery.	6 (+ or - two weeks) months after surgery