Pain Control After VATS Anatomical Pulmonary Resections

Lung Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title: Pain Control After VATS Anatomical Pulmonary Resections: Randomized Comparison Between Cryoanalgesia, Erector Spinae Plane Block and Epidural Catheter

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

In patients undergoing minimally invasive thoracoscopic surgery (video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, or VATS), moderate to severe post-operative pain may often be experienced. The presence of pain negatively affects the perceived quality of care and can predispose to complications, as the development of chronic pain.

In order to prevent post-operative pain, different multimodal pain treatment protocols are applied, consisting in combinations of local-regional anesthesiological techniques and intravenous medications.

Regional anesthesia is considered essential to prevent pain in the immediate post-operative period. However, to date, there is no agreement regarding which is the most effective regional anesthesiological technique; therefore, the choice is usually based on the Anesthetist's preferences.

The aim of this study is to compare three regional anesthesiological techniques (cryoanalgesia, epidural anesthesia, and erector spinae muscle plane block) routinely used during thoracoscopic lung surgery.

Clinical Trial Description

In patients undergoing minimally invasive thoracoscopic surgery (video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, or VATS), moderate to severe post-operative pain may often be experienced. The presence of pain negatively affects the perceived quality of care and can predispose to complications, as the development of chronic pain.

In order to prevent post-operative pain, different multimodal pain treatment protocols are applied, consisting in combinations of local-regional anesthesiological techniques and intravenous medications.

Regional anesthesia is considered essential to prevent pain in the immediate post-operative period. However, to date, there is no agreement regarding which is the most effective regional anesthesiological technique; therefore, the choice is usually based on the Anesthetist's preferences.

The aim of this study is to compare three regional anesthesiological techniques (cryoanalgesia, epidural anesthesia, and erector spinae muscle plane block) routinely used during thoracoscopic lung surgery.

All patients undergoing anatomical pulmonary resections (lobectomy or segmentectomy) through a thoracoscopic (VATS) approach, and who present the inclusion/exclusion characteristics, will be considered.

The day of surgery, patients are randomized 1:1:1 to receive 3 different pain control techniques: epidural catheter, ESP block or cryoanalgesia.

A standard pain management protocol will be applied to all patient after surgery.

Primary Outcome Measure is the perceived post-operative pain 24 hours after surgery in the 3 groups, evaluated through numeric pain rating scale (NPRS). Other outcome measures are the post-operative pain trend and the patients' total amount of opioid use in the postoperative period (expressed as Morphine milligram equivalents). ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Lung Cancer
• Pain, Postoperative
• Thoracic Neoplasms

• NCT number: NCT05993273
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University Hospital Padova
• Contact: MARCO MAMMANA, MD, PhD
• Phone: +390498212442
• Email: marco.mammana@aopd.veneto.it
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 5, 2023
• Completion date: April 15, 2025