Status:
TERMINATED
Extrapleural Intercostal Catheter vs. Thoracic Epidural for Thoracotomy Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Virginia Commonwealth University
Collaborating Sponsors:
I-Flow
Conditions:
THoracotomy
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE1
Brief Summary
We will compare thoracic epidural anesthesia which is presently used for management of pain after thoracotomy to an intra-operatively placed extrapleural intercostal catheter. The study wil be double ...
Detailed Description
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of thoracic epidural vs. continuous extra-pleural intercostal local anesthesia for the treatment of post thoracotomy pain in adult patients. Study pat...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Unilateral thoracotomy
- Video Assisted thoracotomy with high likely hood of converting to open thoracotmoy
Exclusion
- Bilateral thoracotomy
- Planned bilateral thoracotomy
- Planned chest wall resection
- Planned combined thoracotomy and laparotomy procedure
- VATS procedure without conversion to unilateral thoracotomy
- Emergency operation
- Critically ill patients
- Patients who require an assistive device (i.e. cane, walker, or wheel chair) for mobility
- Patients who are unable to give informed consent
- Patients with preoperative chronic back or chest wall pain
- Empyema or other infective condition increasing the risk of epidural infection
- Coagulopathy
- Decision of the surgeon or anesthesiologist, or choice of the patient
- Infection at site of epidural placement
- Patients with other co morbidities which exclude thoracic epidural placement
- Patients under the age of 18 years
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
26 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00373633
Start Date
September 1 2006
End Date
January 1 2012
Last Update
August 15 2014
Active Locations (1)
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1
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298