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Patient-Controlled Epidural Analgesia (PCEA) for Patients Who Have Had Major Open Gynecologic Surgery

NCT00136682 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 240

Last updated 2008-11-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Recovery after major abdominal surgery can be longer than other types of surgery. This is because often after abdominal surgery, the bowel does not work normally. When this happens, patients are unable to pass gas. This can lead to bloating, pain, nausea and vomiting. These symptoms are called postoperative ileus.

We, the researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), are doing this study to compare two methods of treating pain during and after major gynecological surgery. The two methods are called patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) and patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCA). PCA is the standard of care for women having major gynecological surgery. We are going to compare PCEA to PCA to see if PCEA will improve recovery after major gynecologic surgery.

PCEA is a well established method used to ease pain in many settings such as during childbirth and bowel surgery. There have been several studies showing that PCEA is as good as and sometimes better for pain relief than PCA. PCEA may help the bowel work better by preventing ileus after surgery. However, this has never been looked at in women having major gynecologic surgery. This study will also look at whether preventing this ileus will lead to patients going home or returning to regular activities sooner.

Conditions

  • Postoperative Pain

Interventions

DRUG

patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA)

During the consent process you will be given a patient data sheet to assess your baseline pain and itchiness. While in the hospital you will be given a patient data sheet to fill out information regarding pain, nausea, when you passed gas, and when you ate food. This will be done once a day by a research assistant or by the research investigators.

DRUG

patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCA)

During the consent process you will be given a patient data sheet to assess your baseline pain and itchiness. While in the hospital you will be given a patient data sheet to fill out information regarding pain, nausea, when you passed gas, and when you ate food. This will be done once a day by a research assistant or by the research investigators.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Nadeem R. Abu-Rustum, M.D. · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-08-31
Primary Completion
2007-07-31
Completion
2007-07-31

Countries

  • United States

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