Status:
COMPLETED
Paravertebral Analgesia Associated With Intravenous Morphine PCA After Thoracotomy
Lead Sponsor:
University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Conditions:
Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
osteolateral thoracotomy is a painful surgical procedure.Thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) is usually considered as the "gold standard" for postoperative thoracic analgesia. Unfortunately, it's not al...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients scheduled for thoracotomy who presented with contraindications to TEA.Contraindications to TEA are :
- Patient's refusal after informations about advantages and risks of the technique
- Anti platelets treatment that can't be discontinued
- Anticoagulants at a curative dosage- haemostasis and/or coagulation disorders: thrombopenia \< 100.000/mm3, ACT \> 1,5 / control, PTT \< 75%- Systemic or local infection of the puncture point
- 2 and 3 grade atrio-ventricular heart block without pacing
- Severe aortic valve stenosis
- Kyphoscoliosis
- certain neurological disorders
Exclusion
- Patient's refusal to participate in the study
- Psychiatric disorder (impossibility to collect the informed consent)
- Patient under juridical protection
- On going an other study
- Pregnancy, breastfeeding
- Non balanced epilepsy
- 3 grade auriculae-ventricular heart block without pacing
- Severe hepatocellular insufficiency
- Anti arrhythmic treatment : class III of the Vaughan William's classification- Skin infection of the puncture point
- Allergy to aminoamides local anaesthetic
- Surgical difficulties to insert paravertebral catheter
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00620490
Start Date
March 1 2008
End Date
March 1 2009
Last Update
December 17 2025
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Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Hôpitaux Universitaires
Strasbourg, France