Status:

COMPLETED

Paravertebral Block Versus Thoracic Epidural Analgesia

Lead Sponsor:

St. Olavs Hospital

Conditions:

Lung Cancer

Postoperative Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-85 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) is the basic method of analgesia in patients undergoing pulmonary lobectomy. TEA is considered to be a safe and thoroughly investigated method of pain relief that rar...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • Patients with lung cancer in stage 1 or 2 who are accepted for VATS-lobectomy
  • Exclusion Criteria, preoperative:
  • Patients who do not wish to participate
  • Patients with:
  • suspicion of ingrowth in the thoracic wall.
  • marginal lung function.
  • kidney failure.
  • chronic pains and/ or daily use of opioids.
  • cognitive, visual and / or linguistic dysfunction.
  • allergies to drugs used in the paravertebral block or the thoracic epidural analgesia.
  • Exclusion Criteria, Per- and postoperative
  • conversion from VATS to thoractomy.
  • unsuccessful admission of thoracic epidural analgesia
  • unsuccessful admission of paravertebral block
  • postoperative respiratory treatment
  • postoperative delirium Patients who for various reasons are not able to self-report pain after surgery.
  • Patients who wish to withdraw from the study

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    June 24 2019

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    December 1 2022

    Estimated Enrollment :

    94 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT04025606

    Start Date

    June 24 2019

    End Date

    December 1 2022

    Last Update

    January 3 2024

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    St Olavs Hospital

    Trondheim, Norway