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Effectiveness of an Opioid Sparing Pain Regimen in Cardiac Surgery

NCT03679013 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 19

Last updated 2022-11-08

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Summary

The Inova Heart and Vascular Institute (IHVI) perform over 300 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgeries per year. While opioid medications are the institutional standard of care for post-operative pain therapy little is known about the variation in pain scores, incidence of post- operative complications, and cost of hospitalization when an alternative multimodal pain regimen consisting of oral Gabapentin and intravenous Acetaminophen (IV APAP) is utilized.

The objective is to determine whether there is a substantial difference in pain scores, incidence of post-operative complications, and costs associated with hospitalization when a non-opioid multimodal pain regimen is utilized A single- center, open label, prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial comprised of 20 total patients who have undergone isolated CABG at the IHVI will be conducted. Separate cohorts will include patients receiving opioid medications post-operatively (Group 1) and patients receiving the non-opioid regimen of oral Gabapentin and IV APAP (Group 2) to be followed for 72 hours post CABG surgery.

Main outcome measures include pain scores in both study groups, requests for breakthrough pain medication in both groups, gastrointestinal and respiratory complications of ileus and reduction in tidal volumes or forced vital capacity (FVC) at baseline and at 72 hours,increase in serum AST/ALT, and comparison of cost of hospitalization between groups.

The objective of this pilot study is to provide evidence that multimodal pain therapy utilizing IV APAP and PO Gabapentin will provide more effective pain relief than standard of care opioids as evidenced by pain scores \<2. And the reduced consumption of opioids will lead to a reduction in ileus, no increase in AST/ALT, post-operative tidal volumes as assessed by incentive spirometry comparable to pre- surgical values, while also showing a positive effect on the cost of hospitalization.

Conditions

  • Pain, Postoperative

Interventions

DRUG

Oral Gabapentin and Intravenous Acetaminophen (IV APAP)

Scheduled multimodal pain regimen consisting of oral Gabapentin paired with intravenous Acetaminophen following cardiopulmonary bypass surgery.

DRUG

Opiate based pain regimen.

Standard of care opiate based pain regimen.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Inova Health Care Services

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ramesh Singh, MD · Inova Health Care Services

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-04-19
Primary Completion
2019-07-12
Completion
2019-07-12
FDA Drug
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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