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Epidural Analgesia or Patient-Controlled Analgesia in Treating Patients Who Have Undergone Surgery for Gynecologic Cancer

NCT00295945 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 240

Last updated 2014-05-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Giving pain medication into the space between the wall of the spinal canal and the covering of the spinal cord or giving it into a vein may help lessen pain caused by cancer surgery. It is not yet known whether epidural analgesia is more effective than patient-controlled analgesia in controlling pain in patients who have undergone surgery for gynecologic cancer.

PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying epidural analgesia to see how well it works compared to patient-controlled analgesia in treating patients who have undergone surgery for gynecologic cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

fentanyl citrate

DRUG

hydromorphone hydrochloride

DRUG

ropivacaine hydrochloride

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Lee-may Chen, MD · University of California, San Francisco

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-03-31
Primary Completion
2008-04-30
Completion
2009-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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