Status:
COMPLETED
Epidural Analgesia or Patient-Controlled Analgesia in Treating Patients Who Have Undergone Surgery for Gynecologic Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
University of California, San Francisco
Conditions:
Cervical Cancer
Endometrial Cancer
Eligibility:
FEMALE
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Giving pain medication into the space between the wall of the spinal canal and the covering of the spinal cord or giving it into a vein may help lessen pain caused by cancer surgery. It is ...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: * Determine whether the gradual weaning of an epidural opioid can shorten the duration of postoperative ileus, without worsening pain control, in patients who have undergone surgery for g...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Diagnosis of a gynecologic malignancy
- Scheduled to undergo open abdominal/pelvic surgery (i.e., laparotomy) on the gynecologic oncology service at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center
- No failed epidural catheters (for patients choosing epidural analgesia)
- No lumbar epidurals (for patients choosing epidural analgesia)
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Not specified
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- Not specified
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2005
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
240 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00295945
Start Date
March 1 2005
End Date
December 1 2009
Last Update
May 20 2014
Active Locations (1)
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UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
San Francisco, California, United States, 94115