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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12618001626257
ACTRN12618001626257
Recruiting
Phase 4

COntinuous or Bolus Administration of Local Anaesthesia for Thoracic Surgery : a single blinded randomized trial (COBALT Trial)

Austin Hospital0 sites120 target enrollmentOctober 3, 2018

Overview

Phase
Phase 4
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Thoracic Surgery
Sponsor
Austin Hospital
Enrollment
120
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
5 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
October 3, 2018
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
5 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Austin Hospital

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patients undergoing Video\-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)

Exclusion Criteria

  • \-Age less than 18 years
  • \-Indication for operation is Pleurodesis
  • \-Contraindications or allergy to oxycodone or ropivacaine
  • \-Failure of, or contraindication to surgical placement of an extrapleural catheter intraoperatively as assessed by thoracic surgeon.
  • \-Pre\-operative regular opioid use (\>60 OMEDD)
  • \-Other recent injuries or surgeries causing significant pain
  • \- Weight \>100kg
  • \-Pre\-operative coagulopathy: INR \> 1\.5, platelet count \< 75 x 109/l
  • \-Severe renal impairment: serum creatinine \> 200ummol/l
  • \-Severe hepatic insufficiency (bilirubin \> 30umol/L, ALP \> 300iu/L, ALT \> 50iu/L, albumin \< 25g/dL, INR \> 1\.5\)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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