NCT01017393

Preemptive Low-dose Epidural Ketamine for Preventing Chronic Post-thoracotomy Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 209 (actual)
• Sponsor: Seoul National University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 19 Years – 81 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Chronic post-thoracotomy pain is the most common long-term complication that occurs after a thoracotomy with a reported incidence of up to 80%. While thoracic epidural analgesia has become the mainstay for managing acute post-thoracotomy pain, its effect on the chronic post-thoracotomy pain seems questionable. The objective of this prospective, double-blinded, randomized, controlled trial was to assess the effect of preemptive low-dose epidural ketamine in addition to preemptive thoracic epidural analgesia on the incidence of chronic post-thoracotomy pain.

Conditions

• Chronic Post-thoracotomy Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Ketamine
DRUG	ketamine free

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-04-01
• Primary completion: 2005-06-01
• Completion: 2005-06-01
• First posted: 2009-11-20
• Last updated: 2009-11-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea