Status:

TERMINATED

Effectiveness of Etoricoxib as an Additive Analgesic to Epidural Analgesia in Colon or Rectal Fast-track Surgery

Lead Sponsor:

Claudia Spies

Conditions:

Post-operative Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Post-operative pain after laparoscopic colon and rectal surgery in fast-track design. A fast-track program is an evidence-based, multimodal approach for patients undergoing surgery to reduce perioper...

Detailed Description

A fast-track program is an evidence-based, multimodal approach for patients undergoing surgery to reduce perioperative morbidity, hospital stay and cost and to increase patient centered well-being. Pa...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • aged 18 or over
  • written informed consent
  • no inclusion in other medical studies according to the AMG (German drug law) during the study period
  • realization of colon or rectal surgery in the fast track design after clinical standards including an epidural catheter

Exclusion

  • ASA status IV-V
  • allergy against etoricoxib, other components or other NSAID
  • coronary heart disease
  • heart insufficiency NYHA II-IV
  • cerebrovascular disease
  • peripheral arterial occlusive disease
  • untreated arterial hypertonus
  • active peptic ulcera or active gastrointestinal bleeding
  • minor to severe liver dysfunction (beginning from Child - Plugh - Classification A)
  • kidney insufficiency
  • inflammatory bowel disease
  • pregnancy (positive hCG laboratory test) or lactation
  • Women of child-bearing potential who are not using a highly effective contraception method with a pearl-index \< 1 during study participation and for at least 3 consecutive months after study inclusion.
  • placement in an institution on order of an official authority
  • missing consent for saving and passing on pseudonymous data
  • hereditary galactose-intolerance, lactase deficit, glucose-galactose-malabsorption
  • no correct epidural catheter placement within 48 h after surgery

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

81 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01259830

Start Date

March 1 2011

End Date

April 1 2014

Last Update

May 23 2014

Active Locations (4)

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1

St. Hedwig Kliniken Berlin GmbH, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine

Berlin, State of Berlin, Germany, 10115

2

Department of Anesthesiology, Sana-Klinikum Lichtenberg, Oskar-Ziethen-Krankenhaus

Berlin, State of Berlin, Germany, 10365

3

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Virchow Klinikum/Campus Charité Mitte, Charité Universitätsmedizin

Berlin, State of Berlin, Germany, 13353

4

Department of Anesthesiology, Johannes Wesling Klinikum Minden Mühlenkreiskliniken (AöR)

Minden, Germany, 32429