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Preoperative Gabapentin for Acute and Chronic Post-thoracotomy Analgesia

NCT00588159 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 146

Last updated 2016-05-04

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Summary

One dose of either gabapentin or placebo will be given to patients prior to thoracotomy. Patients will also receive an epidural infusion, intravenous patient-controlled analgesia with fentanyl, oral acetaminophen and intravenous ketorolac as needed to achieve optimal analgesia. Pain ratings and supplemental medication use will be recorded for 48 hours and will also be assessed at 3 months postoperatively to determine whether the patients who received gabapentin had improved analgesia and/or required less supplemental medication than the placebo group.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Gabapentin

gabapentin 600 mg orally within 2 hours preoperatively, epidural infusion of 0.075% bupivacaine with 10 mcg/ml of hydromorphone at 6 ml/hour, fentanyl intravenous patient controlled analgesia at 10 mcg every 10 minutes as needed with a 200 mcg 4 hour lockout, oral acetaminophen 650 mg orally every 6 hours as needed for pain, intravenous ketorolac 15 mg every 6 hours as needed for pain.

DRUG

Diphenhydramine

Diphenhydramine 12.5 mg orally within 2 hours preoperatively, epidural infusion of 0.075% bupivacaine with 10 mcg/ml of hydromorphone at 6 ml/hour, fentanyl intravenous patient controlled analgesia at 10 mcg every 10 minutes as needed with a 200 mcg 4 hour lockout, oral acetaminophen 650 mg orally every 6 hours as needed for pain, intravenous ketorolac 15 mg every 6 hours as needed for pain.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Michelle Kinney

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michelle A. Kinney, M.D. · Mayo Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-06-30
Primary Completion
2010-01-31
Completion
2010-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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