Status:

COMPLETED

Preventing Pain After Heart Surgery

Lead Sponsor:

Barts & The London NHS Trust

Conditions:

Pain

Hyperalgesia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The use of pre-emptive analgesia to prevent pain following sternotomy for cardiac surgery

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Informed Consent
  • First time sternotomy for all cardiac surgery
  • Patient aged 18 - 80 years

Exclusion

  • Emergency surgery (decision to operate taken on the day of surgery)
  • Previous sternotomy
  • Preoperative renal failure (eGFR \<60 ml/min)
  • History of chronic non-anginal pain
  • Chronic pain medication other than paracetamol and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
  • Concurrent use of oxycodone, lorazepam, or ethanol.
  • Concurrent use of any drugs for neuropathic pain e.g. antiepileptics, antidepressants
  • Allergy to pregabalin, gabapentin or ketamine
  • Pregnancy
  • Limited understanding of numerical scoring scales
  • Previous participation in other trials investigating analgesic agents or any IMP in previous three months

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 12 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 7 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

150 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01480765

Start Date

December 12 2011

End Date

March 7 2013

Last Update

November 5 2024

Active Locations (1)

Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.

Page 1 of 1 (1 locations)

1

Pain and Ananesthesia Research Centre, Barts and The London NHS Trust

London, United Kingdom, EC1A 7BE