Postoperative Pain Following Radical Cystectomy Clinical Trial
Official title:
Analgesic Efficacy and Safety of Peri-operative Pregabalin Following Radical Cystectomy, a Prospective,Randomized, Double-blinded, Controlled Trial
| Verified date | March 2016 |
| Source | Assiut University |
| Contact | n/a |
| Is FDA regulated | No |
| Health authority | Egypt: Ministry of Higher Education |
| Study type | Interventional |
This study compares analgesic efficacy, and safety of three different doses of peri-operative pregabaline to placebo following radical cystectomy.
| Status | Completed |
| Enrollment | 60 |
| Est. completion date | November 2015 |
| Est. primary completion date | October 2015 |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
| Gender | Both |
| Age group | 18 Years to 60 Years |
| Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - Sixty patients between the ages of 18 and 60 years. - American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I-II physical status. - undergoing radical cystectomy under general anesthesia. Exclusion Criteria: - Patients with a history of drug or alcohol abuse. - patients with chronic pain or daily intake of analgesics. - uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. - uncontrolled hypertension. - atherosclerotic heart disease. - seizures. - impaired kidney or liver functions, - patients with body mass index =35 kg/m2, and whom - patients that could not control a patient controlled analgesia (PCA) device. |
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment
| Country | Name | City | State |
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| Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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| Assiut University |
| Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | visual analogue scale (VAS) score | analgesic efficacy of study drugs as represented by the VAS score of the patients in the first 24 hours. | 24 hours postoperatively | No |
| Primary | postoperative opioid consumption | ability of study drugs to reduce the postoperative opioid analgesic consumption. | 24 hours postoperatively | No |
| Primary | time to first request of opioid analgesia | ability of the study drugs to delay the request of rescue opioid analgesia. | 24 hours postoperatively | No |
| Secondary | Safety assessed by incidence of side effects | represented by the incidence of side effects during the follow up period of 24 hours. | 24 hours postoperatively | Yes |