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NCT number NCT03280043
Other study ID # 1094-C
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received May 24, 2017
Last updated September 8, 2017
Start date September 1, 2015
Est. completion date August 20, 2017

Study information

Verified date September 2017
Source McMaster University
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators hope to answer the question, "does ketorolac increase the risk of hematoma after reduction mammoplasty?" using a case-control study. All patients who developed a hematoma post reduction mammoplasty (cases) at our institution, and match these with women who had an uncomplicated reduction mammoplasty (controls), and then compare frequency of ketorolac exposure between these two groups as the primary outcome. If ketorolac increases the risk of hematoma, one should expect cases to have been exposed to ketorolac more frequently than controls. Based on previously existing literature, the investigators hypothesize that cases and controls will not differ in their ketorolac exposure, that is, ketorolac does not increase the risk of hematoma.


Description:

The electronic health record databases of St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton and Hamilton Health Sciences will be searched, using the coding system, for all cases of reduction mammoplasty with post--operative hematoma as a complication. Only hematomas which required return to the operating room for evacuation will be included (i.e. those treated with observation or needle aspiration will be excluded).

Cases are defined as patients suffering a hematoma post reduction mammoplasty will be identified through hospital coding, and matched with controls based on the following criteria: age, body mass index (BMI), pre-existing hypertension, and institution. Controls are defined as patients who had uncomplicated reduction mammoplasty, and will be randomly pulled through retrospective chart review within the same databases, in the same time period (±5 years).

All patient data will be de--identified, and all devices containing patient information will remain on hospital grounds, and be encrypted according to our hospital protocols. The following data will be extracted from patient charts: age, date of surgery, body mass index, surgeon, anesthetist, volume of breast tissue removed per breast, comorbidities, platelet count, coagulation profile, ketorolac and opioid use including dose, timing, frequency, duration, and route of administration of both, time to discharge including length of stay if overnight, comorbidities (including smoking status), American Society of Anesthesiology score, and post--operative usage of drains.

Matching of cases and controls will be performed by the primary investigator (JB), and at the time of matching, the only visible patient information will be the de-identified patient identification (ID) and the four matching variables (ketorolac exposure was not visible).

The frequency of ketorolac exposure between cases and controls will then be reviewed, and the odds ratio (OR) of exposure to ketorolac, with 95% confidence intervals will be calculated. A two by two table will be generated from our data. Since the incidence of hematoma formation after reduction mammoplasty is very low, the odds ratio will closely approximate the relative risk. To evaluate the statistical significance of the ORs, a level of significance of 0.05 will be used. Independent samples t-test will be used to compare continuous demographic data, and Chi-square analysis will be used for ordinal or categorical data between cases and controls.

Sample size was calculated using the POWER program, described by Dupont and Plummer in 1990. A sample size of 25 cases matched with 25 controls (total n = 50) was required from the following data:

- p0 = 0.32 (approximate rate of ketorolac exposure amongst breast reduction patients from previous literature from Cawthorn et al.)

- α = 0.05 (chance of type I error)

- P = 0.8 (power)

- m = 1 (matching ratio1:1)

- Ψ = 3.6 (estimated risk ratio of developing hematoma post breast reduction if exposed to ketorolac, Cawthorn et al.)

- Φ = 0.2 (measurable difference)


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 80
Est. completion date August 20, 2017
Est. primary completion date May 20, 2017
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Female
Age group 18 Years to 85 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

Cases:

- Patients who developed hematoma post-reduction mammoplasty requiring repeat surgery

Controls:

- Uncomplicated bilateral reduction mammoplasty

Exclusion Criteria:

- Hematoma patients treated with observation or needle aspiration

- Concomitant surgeries in addition to the reduction mammoplasty

- Allergy/sensitivity to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

- Unilateral reduction mammoplasty

- Male reduction mammoplasty

- Documented bleeding disorders

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Procedure:
Hematoma
Hematoma requiring return to operating room.

Locations

Country Name City State
Canada Hamilton Health Sciences Hamilton Ontario
Canada St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton Hamilton Ontario

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
McMaster University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

References & Publications (1)

Cawthorn TR, Phelan R, Davidson JS, Turner KE. Retrospective analysis of perioperative ketorolac and postoperative bleeding in reduction mammoplasty. Can J Anaesth. 2012 May;59(5):466-72. doi: 10.1007/s12630-012-9682-z. Epub 2012 Mar 21. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Ketorolac exposure. Whether or not cases and controls were exposed to ketorolac on the day of surgery will be determined and compiled as a categorical variable (yes/no). Sept 2015 - Aug 2017.
Secondary Year of reduction mammoplasty. The year of which the reduction mammoplasty occurred will be recorded for cases and controls. The investigators will then calculate the mean year which the reduction mammoplasty surgery occurred for the case and control groups, to ensure that on average, each group is similar in terms of the year the surgeries occurred. Sept 2015 - Aug 2017.
Secondary Age of patients in each group will be calculated. Age, extracted from the medical chart, will be aggregated and mean age for cases and controls will be calculated. Sept 2015 - Aug 2017.
Secondary Body mass index compared between cases and controls. BMI will be calculated for each patient from height and weight available in the medical chart, and mean BMI between case and control groups will be compared. Sept 2015 - Aug 2017.
Secondary Volume of breast tissue resected during surgery (in grams) for each patient. Mean volume of breast tissue resected from each breast, which is a routinely recorded number during reduction mammoplasty, will be extracted for each patient, and mean volumes resected will be compared between cases and controls. Sept 2015 - Aug 2017.
Secondary Pre-operative platelet count. Platelet counts, if available, will be extracted for each patient and means for cases and controls will be compared. Sept 2015 - Aug 2017.
Secondary Smoking status. Active smokers (yes/no) will be determined by reviewing the pre-operative anesthesia records which routinely contain this information. Sept 2015 - Aug 2017.
Secondary American society of anesthesiologist (ASA) score. This is an ordinal score (ASA 1 through 4) given to all patients pre-operatively, as a general indicator of risk of morbidity and mortality with a general anesthetic. This will be extracted for each patient from the pre-operative anesthesia records and frequencies of patients who are ASA 1, ASA 2, ASA 3, or ASA 4 will be aggregated and compared between cases and controls. Sept 2015 - Aug 2017.
Secondary Specific breast side of hematoma occurrence (left versus right). In patients who developed a hematoma (cases), the investigators will record whether this occurred on the left, right, or both breasts. Sept 2015 - Aug 2017.
Secondary Post-operative opioid consumption. The investigators will calculate post-operative opioid consumption for each patient in the study. Values will be converted to equivalence of oral morphine, in milligrams, using standard conversion charts. Mean opioid consumption will be compared between patients who received ketorolac and those who did not. Sept 2015 - Aug 2017.
Secondary Surgeon's description of bleeding encountered during hematoma take-back. The investigators will review transcribed dictations of the surgeon for hematoma cases in order to determine what type of bleeding was encountered during take-back surgery. The categorical descriptors will be: pulsatile bleeding, general ooze, or both. The investigators will compare descriptors between patients who received ketorolac and those who did not. Sept 2015 - Aug 2017.
Secondary Ketorolac dose. Amongst cases and controls who received ketorolac, the specific dose of ketorolac given will be recorded in milligrams. Sept 2015 - Aug 2017.
Secondary Ketorolac route given. Amongst cases and controls who received ketorolac, the route which ketorolac was given will be recorded as a categorical variable (intra-venous, intra-muscular, or oral). Sept 2015 - Aug 2017.
Secondary Timing of ketorolac dose. Amongst cases and controls who received ketorolac, the timing of the dose given will be recorded (i.e. pre-operative, intra-operative, or post-operative). Sept 2015 - Aug 2017.
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