Loco-regional Analgesia for Post-operative Pain Management in Cardiac Surgery

Phase 3CompletedNCT01903551

University of Turin, Italy56 enrolled

Overview

The aim of the study is to evaluate whether loco-regional analgesia reduces post operative pain compared to intravenous analgesia, in patients undergoing cardiac surgery in minithoracotomy. All patients will be randomized to receive locoregional analgesia (treatment group) or intravenous analgesia (control group), at the end of the cardiac intervention.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Pain, Postoperative

Interventions

Loco-regional catheterDEVICE

it is an intra-fascial catheter for realing of the drug locally

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients undergoing minithoracotomy for cardiac surgery, \> 18 years old Exclusion Criteria: * psychiatric diseases, which might limit pain evaluation; urgent surgery; patients on ECMO; lack of consent

Locations (1)

Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Turin, Italy, Italy

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

ICU lenght of stay and hospital stay

Time frame: 28 days

Secondary Outcomes

Mechanical ventilation in the post-operative period

Time frame: 72 hours

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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