Status:

COMPLETED

Can Fentanyl Lead to Opioid-induced Hyperalgesia in Healthy Volunteers?

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Conditions:

Healthy

Eligibility:

MALE

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine whether two clinically sensible dose regimen of fentanyl (low dose vs. high dose) lead to different pain scores as measured by the nonverbal rating scale (NRS) ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Healthy (ASA I-II) male volunteers
  • Age \> 18 years
  • BMI 18 - 25 kg/m2

Exclusion

  • Volunteers unable to give written informed consent
  • Known drug allergies or intolerance to fentanyl
  • Known drug allergies or intolerance to morphine and other opiates
  • Recreational drug addiction or abuse
  • Opiate use in the last month
  • Volunteers taking confounding medication (analgesics, antihistamines, calcium or potassium channel blockers) in the last month
  • History of motion sickness, neuropathy, chronic pain, neuromuscular or psychiatric disease
  • Patients with renal failure (clearance \< 30 ml/min)
  • obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS)
  • Indication for Rapid Sequence Induction
  • Patients not understanding German, French, Italian or English

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

21 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02252458

Start Date

August 1 2014

End Date

January 1 2015

Last Update

January 9 2015

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Department of Anesthesia, University of Basel Hospital

Basel, Switzerland, 4031