NCT02927405

Combination of Preoperative Gabapentin and TAP Blocks in Decreasing Postoperative Pain

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

There is an increasing trend on decreasing narcotic use and maximizing efficiency in the perioperative care. There are no studies that have compared a TAP block versus a TAP block plus gabapentin for laparoscopic procures.This study will investigate if taking gabapentin and receiving a TAP block decrease post-operative morphine consumption. It will be a randomized controlled, double blind study, with 130 patients between 18-60 years; that will undergo laparoscopic GYN procedures. Secondary outcomes will look at the incidence of nausea, vomiting, and VAS (verbal analog scale) scores. This combination may be helpful because gabapentin will be used to decrease visceral and central pain, and TAP block will decrease somatic pain. Performing a multimodal approach may decrease narcotic consumption, adverse effects and improve pain management.

Conditions

• Postoperative Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Gabapentin	anticonvulsant drug that is used for neuropathic pain.
PROCEDURE	TAP Block	a procedure done anesthetize the anterior abdominal wall

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-03-04
• Primary completion: 2020-03-31
• Completion: 2020-03-31
• First posted: 2016-10-07
• Last updated: 2021-05-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated drug study