Status:

WITHDRAWN

Evaluation of Chronic Pain After Nerve Section During Thoracotomy

Lead Sponsor:

Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Conditions:

Lung Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate if controlled nerve section reduces chronic pain after thoracotomy.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients included for anterior or lateral thoracotomy

Exclusion

  • Unable to give consent due to age, cognitive reduction or otherwise
  • Neurological disease or symptoms affection thoracic area
  • Chronic pain prior to surgery
  • Inability to supply the patient with an epidural catheter
  • Pneumonectomy
  • Prolonged infection at surgical site
  • Invasive tumor growth
  • Need for repeated surgery at site

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00653367

Start Date

December 1 2011

End Date

December 1 2012

Last Update

February 24 2012

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Section for Surgical Pathophysiology 4074

Copenhagen, Denmark, 2100