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Characterization of Rebound Pain Following Peripheral Nerve Block and Its Association With Gut Microbiome Diversity

NCT02998177 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2017-08-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The objective of this study is to determine the association between gut microbiome diversity and the characteristics of rebound pain at offset of peripheral nerve block in patients who have undergone upper limb surgery. Other purposes of this study are to determine associations between gut microbiome constitution and persistent post-surgical pain; and describing rebound pain by quantifying its clinical, psychological and neurophysiological characteristics in this patient cohort.

Conditions

  • Pain, Postoperative
  • Gastrointestinal Microbiome

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cork University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • George Shorten, Professor · Professor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Consultant Anaesthetist, University College Cork / Cork University Hospital

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-11-30
Primary Completion
2017-06-16
Completion
2017-06-16

Countries

  • Ireland

Study Locations

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