Status:

WITHDRAWN

Efficacy of Gabapentin in Prevention of Tourniquet Pain and Hypertension

Lead Sponsor:

Baylor College of Medicine

Conditions:

Tourniquet-induced Pain

Tourniquet-induced Hypertension

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-64 years

Phase:

EARLY_PHASE1

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to find out if taking a dose of gabapentin 600 mg by mouth (po) before surgery will help prevent the development of tourniquet pain and hypertension while the tourniquet is...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patient ages 18-64
  • ASA physical status 1-3
  • Schedule for orif tibia fracture with use of pneumatic tourniquet

Exclusion

  • Allergy to study medications
  • polytrauma
  • lower extremity crush injury
  • chronic opioid use
  • sickle cell disease or trait
  • peripheral vascular disease
  • poorly controlled hypertension
  • history of DVT/PE
  • morbid obesity (BMI \> 35)
  • patient or surgeon refusal
  • patient inability to properly describe postoperative pain to investigators

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2012

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01441531

Start Date

January 1 2012

End Date

June 1 2014

Last Update

March 17 2015

Active Locations (1)

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Ben Taub General Hospital

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030