NCT05507554

Different Postoperative Analgesics Use After Ureteroscopy

Effectiveness of Different Postoperative Analgesics Use in the Management of Acute Pain After Ureteroscopy.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 176 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute and Research Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In this study, we will see the feasibility of a non-opioid pain killers in management of acute post-operative period as well as on discharge from the hospital compared to opioid medications for postoperative pain following URS and stent placement. The objective of this study will be to compare the pain control effects of no opioid and opioid pain killers during the post-operative period. This study will be a Randomized Clinical trial. Data will be collected from department of Urology, PKLI, Lahore. All patients included in this study will undergo ureteroscopic laser lithotripsy of ureter stones. One group will receive tramadol (opioid) while other two groups will receive Paracetamol and diclofenac sodium (NSAIDs) respectively. All subjects will receive one of the three pain killers after ureteroscopy procedure for ureter stones in a randomized fashion. Postoperative pain intensity will be measured by the investigator and the nurse in the first hour after the surgery in the recovery room and then in urology ward at 1,6, 12, 24, 48, \& 72 hours using the Numeric Pain Intensity Scale (NPIS).A mean pain score of less than 2 for each category of surgical procedures or analgesics group will be defined as satisfactory pain control. The data will be analyzed using SPSS v 24.

Detailed description

Achieving adequate postoperative pain relief should be a definitive goal of patient care in any surgery because pain is one of the most common postoperative symptoms as reported from previous studies. Efforts have begun to implement non opioid protocols for outpatient urologic surgery. Recently it was found that Ureteroscopy (URS) with stent placement is possible without using postoperatve opioids for pain control and stent-related symptoms. To date, attention has focused on the problems of opioid abuse, diversion, and overdose. These issues pertain primarily to those who are already suffering from substance use disorders. More recently, the possibility that legitimate use of prescription opioids has led to incident substance use disorders (iatrogenic addiction) is beginning to gather attention. When iatrogenic addiction has been considered, it is almost exclusively in the context of chronic pain. Not surprisingly, emergency providers commonly believe that short courses of opioid therapy for acute pain are safe and that their role in the current opioid crisis is limited to attenuating diversion. However, several recent studies have demonstrated that short course opioid therapy for acute pain is associated with future recurrent use of opioids, raising the possibility that short course opioid therapy may be a potential trigger for the onset of opioid related substance use disorders. If so, there are considerable health implications as more than 1 in every 6 patients discharged from an ED are given a prescription for an opioid pain reliever. In this study, we will see the feasibility of a non-opioid discharge protocol compared to standard opioid medications for postoperative pain following URS and stent placement. We will also evaluate the effect of these analgesic in acute pain management in post op stay in hospital.

Conditions

• Post Operative Pain
• Ureteroscopy
• Ureter Stone

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Opioid	Drug: intravenous injection Tramadol 50 mg and then oral capsule Tramadol 50 mg, once patient starts taking orally. Designated coated 14 days supply of pain medication (oral capsule Tramadol 50 mg) will be given to the patients on discharge. For Pain control oral capsule Tramadol 50 mg is administered 2 times per day until the stent will be removed in clinic 2 weeks later.
DRUG	Non-Opioid Analgesic	Drug: intravenous injection Paracetamol 1 Gram and then oral Tablet Paracetamol 1 Gram, once patient starts taking orally. Designated coated 14 days supply of pain medication (oral Tablet Paracetamol 1 Gram) will be given to the patients on discharge. For Pain control oral Paracetamol 1 Gram is administered 3 times per day until the stent will be removed in clinic 2 weeks later.
DRUG	Non-Opioid	Drug: intra muscular injection Diclofenac Sodium 50 mg and then oral Tablet Diclofenac Sodium 50 mg, once patient starts taking orally. Designated coated 14 days supply of pain medication (oral Tablet Diclofenac Sodium 50 mg) will be given to the patients on discharge. For Pain control oral Diclofenac Sodium 50 mg is administered 2 times per day until the stent will be removed in clinic 2 weeks later.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-08-01
• Primary completion: 2022-10-01
• Completion: 2022-12-01
• First posted: 2022-08-19
• Last updated: 2022-08-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan