NCT03158376

Preoperative Gabapentin for Chronic Pain After Thoracotomy (GABATHOMIE).

Perioperative Gabapentin for Chronic Post-thoracotomy Pain: a Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-controlled Study.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 201 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Lille · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To assess the effects of prolonged preoperative gabapentin treatment (10 days) on chronic pain after thoracotomy.

Detailed description

Randomized, double blind study enrolling 200 adults undergoing thoracotomy. Patients receive either 75 mg hydroxyzine before surgery and placebo 3 times daily for 10 days or 1200 mg gabapentin before surgery continued for 10 days. All patients receive also a thoracic epidural analgesia. Assessment of chronic pain at 3 month with an evaluation by a physician (pain intensity, pain quality and analgesia requirement). Assessment of acute pain in the early postoperative period (pain intensity, pain quality and analgesia requirement).

Conditions

• Postoperative Pain
• Chronic Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Gabapentin
DRUG	Placebo

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-09-01
• Primary completion: 2019-05-24
• Completion: 2019-05-24
• First posted: 2017-05-18
• Last updated: 2022-11-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France