Status:

COMPLETED

Comparison of A Single Dose Combination of Methadone and Morphine With Morphine Alone for Treating Post-operative Pain

Lead Sponsor:

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Conditions:

Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This is a randomized Phase II study testing the effectiveness of the combination of morphine and methadone versus morphine alone in relieving pain. A second goal is to further evaluate any side effect...

Detailed Description

Rationale: Experimental data demonstrates a profound analgesic synergy between morphine and methadone when co-administered systemically in mice. If this type of synergy can be demonstrated in clinical...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection
  • Planned post-operative analgesia with PCA at 1 mg continuous infusion and 1 mg every 10 minutes
  • 18 years of age or older
  • English-speaking
  • Give informed consent to participate in this study

Exclusion

  • Known hypersensitivity to methadone or morphine
  • Patients with past or present history of substance abuse
  • Patients with a history of methadone treatment
  • Patients with a history of chronic pain requiring daily analgesic use for more than 3 months
  • Patients treated with opioids within one month from the scheduled surgery
  • Creatinine clearance less than 50 mg/kg (using Cockcroft-Gault Equation).
  • Neurologic or psychiatric disease sufficient, in the doctor's opinion, to compromise data collection

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

50 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00142519

Start Date

March 1 2005

End Date

July 1 2018

Last Update

March 15 2019

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States, 10065