Analgesic Effect of Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia (IV PCA) Versus Paravertebral Block After Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)

Sponsor

Seoul National University Hospital (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT01538914

Collaborator

(none)

Enrollment

Location

Arms

31.9

Duration (Months)

2.4

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the analgesic effect of paravertebral block with that of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia after video assisted thoracic surgery.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Postoperative Pain After Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery	Procedure: paravertebral block Procedure: PCA	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

76 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Primary Purpose:

Treatment

Official Title:

A Comparison Between the Analgesic Effect of Intravenous Patient-controlled Analgesia and of Paravertebral Block After Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Study Start Date :

Feb 1, 2013

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Feb 1, 2015

Actual Study Completion Date :

Oct 1, 2015

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: PVB Postoperative pain is controlled with local analgesics delivered via PVB.	Procedure: paravertebral block Postoperative pain is controlled with local analgesics via PVB.
Active Comparator: PCA Postoperatve pain is controlled with intravenous PCA.	Procedure: PCA Postoperative pain is controlled with intravenous PCA.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: PVB

Postoperative pain is controlled with local analgesics delivered via PVB.

Procedure: paravertebral block

Postoperative pain is controlled with local analgesics via PVB.

Active Comparator: PCA

Postoperatve pain is controlled with intravenous PCA.

Procedure: PCA

Postoperative pain is controlled with intravenous PCA.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

severity of acute postoperative pain when moving [24 hours after VATS]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

20 Years to 70 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Inclusion Criteria:

patients receiving video assisted thoracic surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

patients with cardiovascular disease
patients with neurologic disease
patients with contraindications to paravertebral block or epidural block
patients with history of previous VATS
patients with pain at the expected incision site

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Seoul National University Hospital	Seoul		Korea, Republic of

Sponsors and Collaborators

Seoul National University Hospital

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Jae-Hyon Bahk, MD, PhD, Professor, Seoul National University Hospital

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT01538914

Other Study ID Numbers:

JHBahk_VATS PVB

First Posted:

Feb 24, 2012

Last Update Posted:

Apr 20, 2016

Last Verified:

Apr 1, 2016

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Pain, Postoperative

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Apr 20, 2016