Status:
COMPLETED
Postoperative subQ Pain Control for Spinal Fusion Surgery
Lead Sponsor:
University of Arizona
Conditions:
Spine Fusion
Surgery
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
Post-operative pain following lumbar spine fusion is frequently difficult to manage and can lead to increased doses of opiate pain medications to control pain. In this study, the use of subcutaneous l...
Detailed Description
For patients randomized to the experimental or to the placebo groups, two subcutaneous catheters will be tunneled under the skin with large hollow-bore needles along the entire length of the incision ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient 18 years of age or greater
- Surgery to be done at Banner University Medical Center-Tucson
- Elective Surgeries only
- Lower Thoracic or Lumbar fusions only - Posterior Approach
- Postero or Posterolateral Instrumented Fusions with or without Interbody graft
- Transforaminal Interbody Fusions
- Must be able to cooperate in the daily VAS assessment
Exclusion
- Patients under 18 years of age
- Prisoners
- Pregnant women
- Hypersensitivity to infusion medication
- Deformity Correction cases requiring osteotomies
- Surgical fusion in acute phase for traumatic injury
- Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion, Direct Lateral Interbody Fusion procedures
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 9 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 30 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
11 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03476811
Start Date
February 9 2018
End Date
June 30 2021
Last Update
May 26 2022
Active Locations (1)
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The University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85724