Acute Pain Trajectories and Persistent Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery
- Conditions
- Breast Neoplasms
- Registration Number
- NCT02823015
- Lead Sponsor
- Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain
- Brief Summary
Persistent pain after breast cancer surgery (PPBCS) is a significant clinical problem, affecting between 25 and 50% of patients. Several factors are associated with the development of PPBCS, including acute postoperative pain. The analysis of pain trajectories through mixed model modeling is an alternative to static pain measures, improving precision and providing information on the time course of pain resolution. Our aim was to investigate if the characteristics of pain trajectories during the first postoperative week are correlated with the persistence of pain 3 months after breast cancer surgery.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 46
- Scheduled for breast cancer surgery
- General anesthesia
- Previous breast surgery
- Reconstructive surgery scheduled during follow-up
- Day-surgery patients
- Inability to understand the questionnaires
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Presence of pain 3 months after surgery, assessed with the Brief Pain Inventory questionnaire. Yes/No 3 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Acute pain trajectories (7 days) after surgery One postoperative week The pain trajectory is the vector of 7 verbal numerical pain scores (from 0 to 10) recorded in a pain diary over the first 7 postoperative days
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
🇧🇪Woluwé-St-Lambert, Belgium