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Prospective, Randomised, Single-Blinded, Monocentric Clinical Study to Compare Postoperative Analgesia and Outcome After Combined Paravertebral and Intrathecal Versus Thoracic Epidural Analgesia for Thoracotomy

NCT00493909 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2009-02-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare whether epidural analgesia would provide equal analgesia than combining intrathecal opioids with thoracic paravertebral local anesthetics.

Conditions

  • Pain, Postoperative

Interventions

PROCEDURE

intrathecal opioids and thoracic paravertebral analgesia

PROCEDURE

thoracic epidural analgesia

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital Freiburg

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Torsten Loop, M.D. · Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Medical Center, Hugstetterstrasse 55, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany,

  • Sebastian Dango, M.D. · Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center, Hugstetterstrasse 55, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany,

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-06-30
Primary Completion
2008-12-31
Completion
2008-12-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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