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Is Tunneling Effective in Preventing Failure of Epidural Analgesia? A Randomized Trial

NCT03706352 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2018-10-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a prospective randomized single blinded study in patients planned to undergo general anesthesia and epidural catheter insertion for pain control after abdominal, thoracic and orthopedic surgery.

Patients meeting participation criteria will be selected and enrolled sequentially.

The study recruitment will be carried out over one year with follow-up for each patient until either the catheter is dislodged or once decided that the patient is to be discontinued from the epidural pain control.

Conditions

  • Epidural Catheter
  • Post Operative Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

tunneling epidural catheter

The epidural needle was used to horizontally tunnel the catheter for a length of five centimeters on either side of the insertion point.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • King Hussein Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-04-14
Primary Completion
2017-07-13
Completion
2017-07-13

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