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Gabapentin to Reduce Opioid Use Postoperatively (GROUP) in Children
Led by University of California, Davis · Updated on 2025-10-31
60
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
279 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The primary objective of this study is to determine if the peri and post operative use of gabapentin in children reduces the need for narcotics after thoracic surgery. We hypothesize that patients who are given gabapentin will need fewer morphine equivalents postoperatively than those who were not given gabapentin
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Gabapentin to Reduce Opioid Use Postoperatively (GROUP) in Children
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age newborn to less than 18 years
- Gestational age of at least 38 weeks
- Undergoing cardiac surgery via sternotomy or thoracotomy, or any thoracic surgery including planned noncardiac thoracotomy or video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)
- Surgery expected to require at least a 48-hour hospital stay
You will not qualify if you...
- Use of opioids within 30 days before the study
- Renal failure defined by RIFLE criteria
- History of seizures requiring active treatment
- History of medically treated chronic pain
- Diagnosis of autism
- Unable to tolerate medications given by mouth
- Hematology or oncology patients
- Parents or legal guardians unable to provide consent
- Participation in another clinical study currently or within the last 30 days
- Pregnancy
- Prisoner status
- Undergoing Nuss procedure with cryoablation
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California, United States, 95817
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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