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Patient Controlled Epidural Analgesia Versus Intravenous Patient Controlled Analgesia for Post-Operative Pain Control in Patients Undergoing Elective Liver Resection

NCT02523443 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 231

Last updated 2025-07-22

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to learn whether patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) is a better method for managing pain after liver resection compared to patient-controlled analgesia (IV PCA). Currently, the standard pain control method for liver resection patients is IV PCA. There is not enough data on how epidural (PCEA) relieves pain and movement on a day to day basis after liver resection.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

IV PCA

Patients undergoing IV PCA for pain control will have intravenous (IV) analgesia provided through a demand pump started in the recovery room.

OTHER

PCEA

Patients in this group will have the epidural catheter placed by the anesthesia pain service team in the pre-surgical center (PSC) as performed routinely at MSKCC. The epidural will be used intra-operatively at the end of liver resection phase of the surgical procedure, once the specimen has been extracted, and continued subsequently in the post-operative phase for pain management.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Vittoria Arslan-Carlon, MD · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-08-31
Primary Completion
2026-08-31
Completion
2026-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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