A Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial of Preoperative Gabapentin Prior to Vaginal Apical Suspension Prolapse Procedures
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Intervention
- Gabapentin Placebo
- Conditions
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse
- Sponsor
- Joseph Kowalski
- Enrollment
- 110
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Postoperative Opioid Use
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 8 months ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This study will recruit women scheduled to undergo vaginal apical suspension surgery (either uterosacral ligament suspension or sacrospinous ligament fixation) with or without other prolapse or anti-incontinence procedures. Participants will be randomized 1:1 to preoperative gabapentin or preoperative placebo (both patients and investigators will be blinded). Note the control group will receive preoperative acetaminophen/celecoxib/placebo and the treatment group will receive preoperative acetaminophen/celecoxib/gabapentin (preoperative acetaminophen/celecoxib are part of our current ERAS protocol). The primary outcome will be postoperative opioid use in the first 24 hours postoperatively measured in morphine milligram equivalents.
Detailed Description
Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) is an approach to perioperative care that focuses on evidence-based care protocols that emphasize minimizing stress and improving the body's response to stress. These protocols have resulted in a significant decrease in length of stay, complications, and cost in many different surgical specialities. Many of these protocols (including our current gynecology ERAS protocol) include preoperative gabapentin as an intervention to help reduce postoperative pain and postoperative opioid use. Gabapentin is an anticonvulsant medication that is commonly used for chronic neuropathic pain and other chronic pain disorders. The data regarding perioperative use of gabapentin is currently mixed, and the data in gynecology (and especially urogynecology) is limited. Notably gabapentin has been shown to be associated with sedation, respiratory depression, dizziness, and visual disturbances. In 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning that serious breathing difficulties may occur in patients using gabapentin with respiratory risk factors. Pelvic organ prolapse is a common benign condition, and surgery for pelvic organ prolapse is very common. Vaginal apical suspension is one of the most common surgeries for pelvic organ prolapse. There is very limited data on the utility of preoperative gabapentin for vaginal apical suspension surgery. This study will recruit women scheduled to undergo vaginal apical suspension surgery (either uterosacral ligament suspension or sacrospinous ligament fixation) with or without other prolapse or anti-incontinence procedures. Participants will be randomized 1:1 to preoperative gabapentin or preoperative placebo (both patients and investigators will be blinded). Note the control group will receive preoperative acetaminophen/celecoxib/placebo and the treatment group will receive preoperative acetaminophen/celecoxib/gabapentin (preoperative acetaminophen/celecoxib are part of our current ERAS protocol). The primary outcome will be postoperative opioid use in the first 24 hours postoperatively measured in morphine milligram equivalents.
Investigators
Joseph Kowalski
Principle Investigator
University of Iowa
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Scheduled for a vaginal apical support procedure (sacrospinous ligament fixation or vaginal uterosacral ligament suspension)
- •Age 18 or higher
Exclusion Criteria
- •Non-English speaking
- •Incarcerated
- •Cognitive impairment precluding informed consent
- •Chronic opioid user
- •Chronic gabapentinoid user
- •Contraindication to acetaminophen, celecoxib, or gabapentinoids
- •Concurrent laparoscopic or abdominal surgery
Arms & Interventions
Placebo
Preoperative tylenol, preoperative celecoxib, preoperative gabapentin placebo
Intervention: Gabapentin Placebo
Intervention
Preoperative tylenol, preoperative celecoxib, preoperative gabapentin
Intervention: Gabapentin
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Postoperative Opioid Use
Time Frame: 24 hours after surgery. This includes postoperative opioid use in the hospital AND at home (which is why it is different from outcome measure 3).
Total postoperative opioid use in the first 24 hours postop measured in MME (starting when the patient leaves the operating room)
Secondary Outcomes
- Mean Postop Pain Score(From the time surgery finished to a max of 24 hours after. This was measured by postoperative nursing periodically throughout the postoperative period per standard nursing protocol: usually every hour for the first two hours and then every 4 to 8 hours)
- Postoperative Opioid Use While Admitted in the Hospital(After surgery, max of 24 hours. Note that this is only postoperative opioid use in the hospital. Outcome measure 1 is total postoperative opioid use (in the hospital and at home))
- Time to Discharge(Total admitted time (from admission to the hospital to discharge))
- Number of Patients Who Report Postoperative Dizziness(24 hours postoperative)
- Number of Patients Who Report Sedation(24 hours postoperative)
- Number of Patients Who Report Visual Changes(24 hours postoperative)
- Number of Patients Who Report Postoperative Nausea(24 hours postoperative)
- Number of Patients Who Report Postoperative Pain Adequacy(24 hours postoperative)
- Morphine Milligram Equivalents (MMEs) of Preoperative and Intraoperative Opioids(Preop period to the end of the surgery (any opioids given to the patient from arrival in the hospital to the end of the surgery), on average 5 hours)
- Estimated Blood Loss(During the surgery (from surgery start time to surgery end time, this was assessed at the end of the surgery while in the OR), on average 150 minutes)
- Surgery Length(During surgery)