NCT00508300

Epidural Analgesia (EDA) Versus Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) in Laparoscopic Colon Surgery

Epidural Analgesia (EDA) Versus Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) in Laparoscopic Colon Surgery: A Monocentric Controlled Non-blinded Randomized Superiority Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 128 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Lausanne Hospitals · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a epidural analgesia versus patient controlled analgesia reduces the medical recovery in patients undergoing elective laparoscopic colon surgery.

Detailed description

Allocation by individual random number generated by a computer program to either EDA or PCA for 48h after laparoscopic colonic surgery. Short, both groups are treated according to a recent Fast track protocol. Group A will preoperatively receive a mid thoracic EDA (th 8-9; naropine 0,1%) while group B will receive a PCA (morphine) postoperatively. Both EDA and PCA are removed the afternoon at day 2. Patients with a non-functioning EDA within the first 24h will be crossed over to the PCA group.

Conditions

• Laparoscopic Colectomy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Epidural analgesia	Thoracic epidural analgesia until day 2
PROCEDURE	Patient controlled analgesia	Patient controlled analgesia (morphine-based)

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-01-01
• Primary completion: 2013-10-01
• Completion: 2013-10-01
• First posted: 2007-07-27
• Last updated: 2020-08-11
• Results posted: 2019-02-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland