Trials / Unknown
UnknownNCT02326727
Influence of Epidural Analgesia on Natural Killer Cell (NK) Activity After Colonic Cancer Surgery
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 30 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Hillel Yaffe Medical Center · Other Government
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Regional anesthesia may decrease the release of endogenous opioids, increase Natural Killer cell (NK) function and decrease development of metastasis. The recent analysis of the Cancer Registry has noted an improved 5-year survival in patients who received epidural analgesia during surgery for colorectal carcinoma.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DRUG | Ropivacaine | Epidural analgesia |
| DRUG | Fentanyl | General Anesthesia |
| DRUG | Propofol | General Anesthesia |
| DRUG | Isoflurane | General Anesthesia |
| DRUG | Nitrous Oxide | General Anesthesia |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2015-04-01
- Primary completion
- 2017-04-01
- Completion
- 2017-05-01
- First posted
- 2014-12-29
- Last updated
- 2014-12-29
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Israel
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02326727. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.