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Intertransverse Process Block to Improve Quality of Recovery and Pain Management in Adult Cardiac Surgical Patients
Led by Chinese University of Hong Kong · Updated on 2026-03-18
96
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
104 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy of intertransverse process block (ITPB) in improving quality of recovery and potentially preventing chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) in adult patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery (e.g., coronary artery bypass graft \[CABG\], valve repair/replacement, or combined CABG/valve procedures). The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. To investigate the quality of recovery after cardiac surgery, and its analgesic efficacy in the immediate postoperative period 2. To investigate the efficacy of intertransverse process block (ITPB) on CPSP after cardiac surgery by determining the incidence of CPSP at 3 month, defined as persistent pain that was not present before surgery or that had different characteristics, and other possible causes of pain are excluded. 3. To investigate the efficacy of ITPB on the incidence of CPSP at 6 month, 12 month, and the pain interference (sensory and affective components, physical activities) at 3 month, 6 month and 12 month after surgery
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Intertransverse Process Block to Improve Quality of Recovery and Pain Management in Adult Cardiac Surgical Patients
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Adult patients aged 18 or older
- Undergoing elective coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), valve repair or replacement, or combined CABG/valve procedure via sternotomy
You will not qualify if you...
- Emergency surgery
- Redo surgery
- History of chronic pain or current use of chronic opioids or sedatives
- Kidney failure with estimated glomerular filtration rate less than or equal to 30 ml/min
- Re-operation within 24 hours after surgery
- Use of remifentanil during surgery
- Unable to provide informed consent
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Prince of Wales Hospital
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Research Team
Z
Zion Yeung
CONTACT
H
Henry Wong
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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