Status:

COMPLETED

Added Value of Local Clonidine for Spine Postoperative Pain Control, in Addition to Bupivacaine

Lead Sponsor:

St Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon

Conditions:

Post-operative Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-72 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The objective of this prospective randomized double-blind study is to evaluate the added analgesic value of clonidine to the conventional local bupivacaine wound infiltration in posterior spine surger...

Detailed Description

Patients candidates to posterior spine surgery (Micro-discectomy, Lumbar laminectomy with or without fusion, cervical laminectomy) are asked to participate to this prospective study. After verificatio...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • First (not recurrent) posterior spinal surgery at the operated site
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists class I or II (operative risk)

Exclusion

  • Allergy to local anesthetics or to clonidine
  • Pregnancy
  • Raynaud's syndrome
  • Thromboangiitis obliterans
  • History of substance abuse
  • Current treatment with corticosteroids

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2013

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

225 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01902108

Start Date

January 1 2013

End Date

December 1 2015

Last Update

December 8 2015

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Hotel Dieu de france Hospital

Beirut, Lebanon, 16-6830