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intrathecaم Ketamine, Morphine and Both for Lower Abdominal Cancer Surgery Pain

Registration Number
NCT02726828
Lead Sponsor
Assiut University
Brief Summary

this study investigates the analgesic efficacy and other possible effects of ketamine, morphine, and both together when administered intrathecally for control of postoperative pain following lower abdominal cancer surgeries.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
90
Inclusion Criteria
  • American Society of Anesthesia (ASA) I-III patients.
  • aged 30-50 years.
  • scheduled for major abdominal cancer surgery.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients with a known allergy to the study drugs.
  • significant cardiac, respiratory, renal or hepatic disease.
  • coagulation disorders.
  • infection at or near the site of intrathecal injection.
  • drug or alcohol abuse.
  • BMI > 30 kg/m2.
  • psychiatric illnesses that may interfere with perception and assessment of pain.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
group III: morphine + ketamine groupintrathecal morphine + ketaminepatients received 10 mg of hyperbaric bupivacaine 0.5% in 2 ml volume and 0.3 mg morphine plus 0.1 mg/kg of Ketamine in 1 ml volume intrathecally.
group I: morphine groupintrathecal morphinepatients received 10 mg of hyperbaric bupivacaine 0.5% in 2 ml volume and 0.3 mg morphine in 1 ml volume intrathecally.
group II: ketamine groupintrathecal ketaminepatients received 10 mg of hyperbaric bupivacaine 0.5% in 2 ml volume and 0.1 mg/kg ketamine in 1ml volume intrathecally.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scores24 hours postoperative

postoperative pain measured by this score.

time to first analgesic request24 hours postoperative

the time passed till the first request of rescue analgesia by the patients

total analgesic consumption24 hours postoperative

the total amount of rescue analgesic drug used allover follow up period

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
side effects24 hours postoperative

the type and rate of incidence of side effects during the follow up period

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