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WITHDRAWN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