Status:

UNKNOWN

Intravenous Acetaminophen for Craniotomy Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Swedish Medical Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

Mallinckrodt

Conditions:

Craniotomy

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Adding intraoperative IV acetaminophen, in addition to standard analgesics, will decrease opioid requirements over the first 12 hours of postoperative recovery following craniotomy. Opioids exacerbate...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • At least 18 years of age
  • Weigh at least 50 kg (110.23 lbs)
  • Undergoing open, elective intracranial procedure for
  • tumor resection
  • aneurysm clipping
  • revascularization
  • Have an ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) physical status of 1, 2, 3, or 4
  • Able to provide written informed consent

Exclusion

  • Significant medical disease, laboratory abnormality, or condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would compromise patient welfare or would otherwise contraindicate study participation
  • Unable to communicate symptoms
  • Current daily opioid use (\>40 mg morphine equivalent)
  • Tramadol use
  • Treated with MAO (monoamine oxidase inhibitors) inhibitors within 10 days of surgery
  • Treated with any amount of acetaminophen within 8 hours of anesthesia for surgery
  • Allergic or hypersensitive to acetaminophen or any contraindications per manufacturer's guidelines
  • Pregnancy
  • Impaired liver function
  • Participation in interventional clinical study within the last 30 days
  • Known or suspected history of alcohol or drug abuse
  • Surgery for resection of acoustic neuroma
  • Transphenoidal tumor resection

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

Estimated Enrollment :

80 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01474304

Start Date

November 1 2011

Last Update

September 29 2016

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Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Campus

Seattle, Washington, United States, 98122