Patients undergoing lumbar laminectomy surgery will receive either 5 or 10 mg melatonin or placebo once the evening before surgery and again 90 minutes before surgery. Pain and anxiety will be assessed over the 24 hour period following surgery.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
84
Patients will receive 5 mg melatonin once the evening before surgery and then again at 90 minutes before surgery.
Patients will receive 10 mg melatonin once the evening before surgery and then again at 90 minutes before surgery.
Patients will receive placebo once the evening before surgery and then again at 90 minutes before surgery.
Toronto Western Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
RECRUITINGPain
Pain will be assessed over a 24 hour period following surgery using a visual analogue scale
Time frame: 24 hours
Anxiety
Anxiety will be assessed over a 24 hour following surgery using visual analogue scale
Time frame: 24 hours
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