Postoperative Recovery After Thoracic Surgery

Postoperative Pain Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Postoperative Recovery and Longterm Outcome After Thoracic Surgery

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03602664
• Other study ID #: LUA-74206
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: June 5, 2018
• Est. completion date: April 2020

Study information

• Verified date: August 2018
• Source: Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden
• Contact: Stefan Lundin, MD PhD
• Phone: +46 31 3428112
• Email: stefan.lundin[@]gu.se
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

A questionaire specifically developed using in depth interviews with patients that has undergone surgery has been developed. This questionaire will be used for longterm follow in patients undergoing thoracic surgery. 200 patients will be asked to fill in this questionaire preoperatively as well as 3 and 12 months after surgery to assess symptomburden after surgery with specific aim to study postoperative pain as well as other physical, mental and cognitive problems that may affect the patient and their daily activities, health, return to work, family life and economy.

Description:

In Sweden around 400 000 patients under go surgical operations in hospitals. A large proportion, around 20%, develop persistent postoperative pain which affects their quality of life and their recovery towards a normal life.

A questionaire specifically developed using in depth interviews with patients that has undergone surgery has been developed. This questionaire will be used for longterm follow in patients undergoing thoracic surgery. 200 patients will be asked to fill in this questionaire preoperatively as well as 3 and 12 months after surgery to assess symptomburden after surgery with specific aim to study postoperative pain as well as other physical, mental and cognitive problems that may affect the patient and their daily activities, health, return to work, family life and economy.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: April 2020
• Est. primary completion date: December 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients undergoing thoracic surgery (thoracotomy or thoracoscopy) who accept to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pain, Postoperative
• Postoperative Complications
• Postoperative Pain

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Sweden	Sahlgrenska University Hospital	Gothenburg

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Sweden, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Postoperative pain 3 months after surgery as compared to preoperatively assessed with a studyspecific questionnaire	Pain at 3 months after surgery as compared to prior to surgery	Pain at 3 months after surgery as compared to preoperatively
Secondary	Postoperative functional impairment after surgery assessed with a studyspecific questionnaire	Physical, mental and cognitive problems were assessed with a studyspecific questionaire 3 months after surgery as compared to preoperatively	Status at 3 months after surgery as compared to before the operation
Secondary	Postoperative functional impairment 12 months after surgery assessed with a studyspecific questionnaire 12 month after surgery	Physical, mental and cognitive problems 12 months after surgery	Status 12 months after surgery compared to before surgery
Secondary	Postoperative pain 12 months after surgery as compared to preoperatively assessed with a studyspecific questionnaire	Pain at 12 months after surgery as compared to prior to surgery	Pain at 12 months after surgery as compared to preoperatively