IV Lidocaine Infusion Versus Placebo for Pain Control in Staging Laparoscopy Cases

NCT07419815 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 62

Last updated 2026-02-19

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Summary

IV lidocaine infusion is being used as an analgesic adjunct, since we are a opioid depleted country we are using lidocaine to decrease opioid consumption and avoid the side effects such nausea, vomiting and respiratory depression associated with morphine consumption. We have given the option of rescue analgesia to the anesthetist if the clinical scenario demands.

Conditions

  • Side Effects of Opoid Consumption

Interventions

DRUG

Lidocaine Infusion

Patients in Group A will be given intravenous lidocaine (2.0 %) first as a bolus of 1mg/kg over 3 minutes before incision and then as a continuous infusion of 2mg/kg/hour (maximum dose 200mg/hour)

DRUG

Normal Saline

patients in Group B will be given normal saline bolus and infusion at same rate during surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dr. Almas Iqbal, MBBS, MBA, FRCA · Shaukat Khanam Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-12-03
Primary Completion
2026-06-30
Completion
2026-08-30

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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