Status:

COMPLETED

Functional Restoration After Abdominal and Pelvic Laparoscopic Surgery: Effect of Perioperative Intravenous Lidocaine

Lead Sponsor:

McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Conditions:

Colon Cancer

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-85 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This is a blinded randomized controlled trial in patients undergoing laparoscopic colon surgery. The aim of this study is to assess whether perioperative intravenous lidocaine has an impact on the ear...

Detailed Description

This is a blinded randomised study of patients undergoing major laparoscopic abdominal and pelvic surgery. The first group of patients will receive thoracic epidural analgesia, the second group will r...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • patients scheduled to undergo laparoscopic colonic resection

Exclusion

  • patients who have trouble to understand, read or communicate either in French or in English
  • dementia
  • patients suffering from severe physical disability (arthritis, neuromuscular dysfunction, stroke, paraplegia) or inability to walk or conduct daily activity
  • patients suffering from severe cardiac or respiratory disease (status ASA IV)
  • patients suffering from metastatic carcinoma
  • patients who have a history of chemoradiation within the six months preceding surgery
  • allergy to lidocaine
  • morbid obesity

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00982618

Start Date

July 1 2009

End Date

June 1 2011

Last Update

November 28 2011

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Montreal General Hospital

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3G 1A4