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Postoperative PainNCT02130544

Acute Pain Management Following Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery: Comparison of Lobectomy and Wedge Resection

An observational study of Postoperative Pain, run by National Taiwan University Hospital at 1 site in Taiwan.

Unknown status

Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

Official record
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Trial summary

Viedo-assisted thoracoscopic surgery(VATS) have became popular in recent years. There is no golden rule of postoperative analgesia for VATS. Compared with lobectomy, wedge resection preserves better pulmonary function and is suitable for elder patients and patients who could not afford to have lobectomy. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 20 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Postoperative Pain
How many people
150 participants
Where
1 siteTaiwan
Study dates
Nov 2014to Apr 2015
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 20 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Selected patients are from the hospital patients who are arranged to have video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for lobectomy or wedge resection

Who may be able to join

  • Age >= 20
  • Using intravenous patient-controlled analgesia for postoperative analgesia
  • ASA physical status classification I-III

Who cannot join

  • Staying in intensive care unit after surgery
  • Emergency surgery
  • Pregnancy
  • Other surgery incisions which are not used for the video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
  • Patients never use intravenous patient-controlled analgesia after surgery

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Taiwan1 site, 1 recruiting
  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    Taipei, Taiwan

    Ya-Jung cheng, +886-2-2312-3456 ext. 65523, chengyj@ntu.edu.tw

    Recruiting

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About this study

Viedo-assisted thoracoscopic surgery(VATS) have became popular in recent years. There is no golden rule of postoperative analgesia for VATS. Compared with lobectomy, wedge resection preserves better pulmonary function and is suitable for elder patients and patients who could not afford to have lobectomy. In addition to surgery time、recovery time and hospital stay, wound incisions and organization damages are different,too. Will patients also have different response to pain control after these two surgery? The retrospective study is to compared the differences of postoperative pain management between VATS lobectomy and wedge resection.

Medical subject headings
Pain, Postoperative

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Postoperative pain scale

    Measured: postoperative day 1 to day 3

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted5 May 2014 (estimated)
  2. Study startNov 2014
  3. Primary completionApr 2015 (estimated)
  4. Study completionApr 2015 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrolment
150 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02130544
Sponsor's protocol ID
201403039RIND
Status last verified
Dec 2014
First submitted
1 May 2014
Last updated
5 Dec 2014
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Postoperative Pain, run by National Taiwan University Hospital at 1 site in Taiwan.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 5 Dec 2014. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Taiwan. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Fu-Lan Chuang (+886-953358755, uniques3146@yahoo.com.tw), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Postoperative pain scale (time frame: postoperative day 1 to day 3). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 5 Dec 2014.

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