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Study of Use of Paravertebral Blocks for Pain Relief in Video Assisted Lung Surgery

NCT01621698 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2015-09-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This project involves looking at the timing of providing pain relief for patients who are having lung surgery via the use of a small camera inserted into the chest with a scope (Video assisted thorascopy). This procedure can be the source of intense pain both immediately after the procedure and in the longer term leading to chronic pain problems.

Local anaesthetic placed in the paravertebral space which is located adjacent to the spinal column, where the pain nerve fibres are located, is a well recognized method of providing pain relief for these procedures. It is currently unclear as to the best timings for providing this type of pain relief with some centres placing the local anaesthetic at the start of the procedure and some at the end. Placing a high volume of local anaesthetic into this area at the start of the case may provide better short and long term pain relief than placing it at the end of the procedure. The investigators hope to show a difference between the two timings to allow for better pain relief for these procedures. This would be a feasibility study that would lead onto a multicentre trial to eventually create a best practice protocol for pain relief for lung resection via this surgical method.

Conditions

  • Lung Tumour
  • Lung Metastases

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Early paravertebral block

In this group the local anaesthetic will be injected at the start of surgery soon after incision and normal saline at the end. These will be double blinded.

PROCEDURE

Late Paravertebral block.

In the late group local anaesthetic will be injected at close of surgery with normal saline at the start. This will be double blinded.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kajan Kamalanathan, BMBS · United Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-07-31
Primary Completion
2014-07-31
Completion
2014-07-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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