Status:
COMPLETED
Does a Perioperative Course of Gabapentin Improve Analgesia After Cesarean Delivery?
Lead Sponsor:
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
Conditions:
Pain
Eligibility:
FEMALE
16-55 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Gabapentin has been very effective at treating pain after knee and hip operations, hysterectomies, and many other types of operations. A previous study at the investigators' hospital found that a sing...
Detailed Description
Postoperative pain can have a significant negative impact on the physical and psychological health of both mother and child after cesarean delivery. Furthermore, severe postoperative pain may lead to ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All women aged 16 years and over with term singleton pregnancies undergoing elective cesarean delivery at Mount Sinai Hospital under spinal anesthesia, who have given pre-operative informed written consent will be eligible to participate in this study
Exclusion
- Patients who have refused, are unable to give or have withdrawn consent
- Patients unable to communicate fluently in English
- Patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification of 3 or greater
- Patients with history of epilepsy or chronic pain, or of use of anti-epileptic drugs or neuropathic analgesic drugs
- Patients with a history of opioid or intravenous drug abuse
- Patients with a known allergy or contra-indication to gabapentin, or to any other drugs used in this trial
- Patients who have refused spinal anaesthesia, or those in whom it is contra-indicated
- Patients with known congenital fetal abnormalities
- Patients who have taken antacid medication in the previous 24 hours
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
204 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01848119
Start Date
May 1 2013
End Date
February 1 2014
Last Update
October 13 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Mount Sinai Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G1X5