Status:

COMPLETED

Postoperative subQ Pain Control for Spinal Fusion Surgery

Lead Sponsor:

University of Arizona

Conditions:

Spine Fusion

Surgery

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Post-operative pain following lumbar spine fusion is frequently difficult to manage and can lead to increased doses of opiate pain medications to control pain. In this study, the use of subcutaneous l...

Detailed Description

For patients randomized to the experimental or to the placebo groups, two subcutaneous catheters will be tunneled under the skin with large hollow-bore needles along the entire length of the incision ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patient 18 years of age or greater
  • Surgery to be done at Banner University Medical Center-Tucson
  • Elective Surgeries only
  • Lower Thoracic or Lumbar fusions only - Posterior Approach
  • Postero or Posterolateral Instrumented Fusions with or without Interbody graft
  • Transforaminal Interbody Fusions
  • Must be able to cooperate in the daily VAS assessment

Exclusion

  • Patients under 18 years of age
  • Prisoners
  • Pregnant women
  • Hypersensitivity to infusion medication
  • Deformity Correction cases requiring osteotomies
  • Surgical fusion in acute phase for traumatic injury
  • Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion, Direct Lateral Interbody Fusion procedures

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 9 2018

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 30 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

11 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03476811

Start Date

February 9 2018

End Date

June 30 2021

Last Update

May 26 2022

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The University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85724