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Perioperative Melatonin in Lumbar Laminectomy

NCT01126294 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 84

Last updated 2010-05-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Patients undergoing lumbar laminectomy surgery will receive either 5 or 10 mg melatonin or placebo once the evening before surgery and again 90 minutes before surgery. Pain and anxiety will be assessed over the 24 hour period following surgery.

Conditions

  • Pain and Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Lumbar Laminectomy.

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

5 mg melatonin

Patients will receive 5 mg melatonin once the evening before surgery and then again at 90 minutes before surgery.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

10 mg melatonin

Patients will receive 10 mg melatonin once the evening before surgery and then again at 90 minutes before surgery.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Placebo

Patients will receive placebo once the evening before surgery and then again at 90 minutes before surgery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Health Network, Toronto

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Philip Peng, MD · University Health Network, Toronto

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-04-30
Primary Completion
2011-07-31
Completion
2011-09-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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