Incidence of Chronic Pain After Thoracotomy

Sponsor
Atatürk Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital (Other)
Overall Status
Recruiting
CT.gov ID
NCT05177575
Collaborator
(none)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Thoracotomy is frequently performed in thoracic surgery. It is widely accepted that thoracotomy causes severe acute pain. Many factors such as postoperative analgesia treatment plan, operation time, number of chest tubes, and duration of chest tube stay can affect acute pain. This acute pain prolongs the discharge time of the patients and increases the frequency of postoperative pulmonary complications and postoperative morbidity. Postoperative acute pain may cause chronic thoracotomy pain in the later period, and may adversely affect the quality of life of the patients.

This study aims to analyze the symptoms of chronic pain in the 3rd and 6th months postoperatively in patients who had undergone thoracotomy.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Procedure: Thoracotomy application

Study Design

Study Type:
Observational
Anticipated Enrollment :
100 participants
Observational Model:
Cohort
Time Perspective:
Prospective
Official Title:
Incidence of Chronic Pain After Thoracotomy
Actual Study Start Date :
Dec 16, 2021
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
Sep 16, 2022
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
Oct 16, 2022

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. Chronic pain symptoms at 3rd months. [Chronic pain symptoms at 3rd months.]

    Chronic pain symptoms will be assessed using the visual analog scale on a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain). Neuropathic pain symptoms (burning, stabbing, electric shock-like pain, tingling, numbness, pins, and needles feeling, hyperalgesia, allodynia, and hypoesthesia) will also be asked to the patients in the 3rd month after surgery.

  2. Chronic pain symptoms at 6th months. [Chronic pain symptoms at 6th months.]

    Chronic pain symptoms will be assessed using the visual analog scale on a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain). Neuropathic pain symptoms (burning, stabbing, electric shock-like pain, tingling, numbness, pins, and needles feeling, hyperalgesia, allodynia, and hypoesthesia) will also be asked to the patients in the 6th month after surgery.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No
Inclusion Criteria:
  • Age between 18 and 65 years

  • American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I-II-III

  • Body mass index (BMI) between 18-35 kg/m2

  • Patients undergoing elective thoracotomy

Exclusion Criteria:
  • Advanced cancer

  • History of chronic analgesic therapy

  • Patients with previous thoracic surgery

  • Patients who were operated under emergency conditions

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Ankara Atatürk Chest Disease and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital Kecioren Ankara Turkey 06000

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Atatürk Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Musa Zengin, MD, Atatürk Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
Musa Zengin, Principal İnvestigator, Atatürk Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT05177575
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • 2012-KAEK-15/2438
First Posted:
Jan 4, 2022
Last Update Posted:
Jan 19, 2022
Last Verified:
Jan 1, 2022
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
No
Plan to Share IPD:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
No
Keywords provided by Musa Zengin, Principal İnvestigator, Atatürk Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital
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Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jan 19, 2022