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Opioid Sparing Effect of Thoracic Epidural Analgesia for Open Upper Abdominal Surgery

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Hepatoma
Pancreas Cancer
Interventions
Procedure: Thoracic continuous epidural analgesia
Registration Number
NCT04920019
Lead Sponsor
Mahidol University
Brief Summary

This prospective randomized controlled study is aimed to determine the advantages of thoracic epidural analgesia for open upper abdominal surgery in combination with multimodal analgesia compared with no thoracic epidural analgesia on postoperative pain control. The primary outcome is total opioid consumption in postoperative 72 hours. Secondary outcomes are the success of continuous epidural analgesia or complications of this technique, pain intensity, morbidity and mortality compare to no continuous epidural analgesia.

Detailed Description

Continuous epidural analgesia (CEA) for open upper abdominal surgery has been showed the analgesic analgesia for open abdominal surgery. However the technical difficulty, complications especially hypotension, pruritus of CEA impede the popularity of technique compared to intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV PCA) in multimodal analgesia. This study is aimed to study of the role of CEA and multimodal analgesia in open abdominal surgery compare to IV PCA.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
140
Inclusion Criteria
  • age 18-80 years
  • open upper abdominal surgery
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) grade I-III
Exclusion Criteria
  • contraindications to CEA
  • inability communication
  • patient's refusal
  • emergency surgery
  • BMI > 35

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Thoracic continuous epidural analgesiaThoracic continuous epidural analgesiaThoracic continuous epidural analgesia at T7-8 or T8-9 combined with IV PCA fentanyl (bolus mode only 15 ug/bolus, 5 minutes lockout, 4 hours limit 200 ug). Multimodal analgesia Intraoperative : thoracic epidural infusion with 0.0625% bupivacaine with morphine 0.02 ug/ml 5 ml/h, morphine 2 mg epidurally are given. Postoperative: 0.0625% bupivacaine with morphine 0.02 ug/ml 5 ml/h is given combined with IV patient-controlled analgesia; bolus mode only, fentanyl 15 ug/bolus, lockout interval 5 minutes, 4 hours limit 200ug, multimodal analgesia: paracetamol 1000 mg iv every 6 hours until patient can take orally, change to 1000 mg orally every 6 hours total 3 days, Parecoxib 40 mg IV x 4 doses then COX2 inhibitor (etoricoxib 90 mg orally x2 days)
No CEAThoracic continuous epidural analgesiaIV PCA fentanyl, IV patient-controlled analgesia; bolus mode only, fentanyl 15 ug/bolus, lockout interval 5 minutes, 4 hours limit 200ug multimodal analgesia: paracetamol 1000 mg IV every 6 hours until patient can take orally, change to 1000 mg orally q 6 hours total 3 days, Parecoxib 40 mg IV x 4 doses then COX2 inhibitor (Etoricoxib 90 mg orally x2 days)
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Amount of postoperative opioid consumptionpostoperative 72 hours

amount of fentanyl (microgram)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Intraoperative opioid usageintraoperative

intravenous fentanyl consumption

Length of hospital staydays from patient admission until discharge, an average within 1 week

hospital admission

Percentage of patient to do out of bed activitiespostoperative day 1

standing beside the patient's bed

Pain intensitypostoperative 6 hours until 72 hours postoperative

numerical rating scale 0-10 (0= no pain, 10= worst pain)

Complications of thoracic epidural analgesiapostoperative 24 hours, 48 hours, 72 hours

hypotension, pruritus

MorbidityUp to 30 days postoperative

Myocardial ischemia, pneumonia, deep vein thrombosis

MortalityUp to 30 days postoperative

Death

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University

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Bangkok Noi, Bangkok, Thailand

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