Investigating the Effect of a Perioperative Analgesia Protocol on Postoperative Opioid Usage and Pain Control in Patients Undergoing Major Head and Neck Cancer Surgery Requiring Microvascular Free Flap Reconstruction
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Intervention
- Ketamine
- Conditions
- Postoperative Pain Control
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Total opioid consumption measured in daily morphine equivalent
- Status
- Terminated
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine how a non-opioid pain control regimen, administered before and during surgery, will affect postoperative pain control and total opioid consumption in head and neck cancer participants undergoing cancer surgery with free flap reconstruction.
Detailed Description
This study will help the study team determine how the experimental, non-opioid pain control regimen affects opioid-related side effects, participant satisfaction with pain management, PACU length of stay, hospital length of stay, chronic pain level, and chronic pain-related disability in participants, and to determine the safety and tolerability of the non-opioid pain control regimen in head and neck cancer patients undergoing cancer surgery with free flap reconstruction. Ketamine, Lidocaine, Acetaminophen, Gabapentin, and Celecoxib are FDA-approved drugs that have been approved for use individually, and have been used in combination for perioperative pain control. However, the use of these five drugs together in head and neck cancer patients undergoing free flap reconstruction has not been studied, which is why this study is experimental.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Undergoing head \& neck free flap reconstruction at the Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
- •Subjects must have the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
Exclusion Criteria
- •History of allergy to lidocaine, ketamine, acetaminophen, gabapentin, and/or celecoxib
- •History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to Ketamine, Lidocaine or other agents used in this study
- •Subjects receiving any other investigational agents
- •Inadequate renal function (serum creatinine ≥ 2 mg/dl) within 30 days
- •Inadequate hepatic function (total bilirubin ≥ 2 x the institutional ULN and/or AST or ALT ≥3 x the institutional ULN) within 30 days
- •Known or suspected history of illicit drug abuse (including opioids but excluding tobacco and EtOH) within the past 6 months
- •Pregnancy
- •Contraindication to lidocaine (heart block, heart failure with EF \< 30%) as determined by history of Congestive Heart Failure, or as determined by preoperative evaluation for surgical clearance
- •In the opinion of the investigator, subjects with uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
Arms & Interventions
Treatment Group
Perioperative intervention (preoperative acetaminophen, gabapentin, and celecoxib and intraoperative ketamine and lidocaine). The Investigational Drug Service will mix and prepare the study medications necessary for each participant. An Investigational Drug Service staff member will deliver the oral medications to the nursing team in the preoperative holding unit and the IV medications to the anesthesia team in the OR unit.
Intervention: Ketamine
Treatment Group
Perioperative intervention (preoperative acetaminophen, gabapentin, and celecoxib and intraoperative ketamine and lidocaine). The Investigational Drug Service will mix and prepare the study medications necessary for each participant. An Investigational Drug Service staff member will deliver the oral medications to the nursing team in the preoperative holding unit and the IV medications to the anesthesia team in the OR unit.
Intervention: Lidocaine
Treatment Group
Perioperative intervention (preoperative acetaminophen, gabapentin, and celecoxib and intraoperative ketamine and lidocaine). The Investigational Drug Service will mix and prepare the study medications necessary for each participant. An Investigational Drug Service staff member will deliver the oral medications to the nursing team in the preoperative holding unit and the IV medications to the anesthesia team in the OR unit.
Intervention: Acetaminophen
Treatment Group
Perioperative intervention (preoperative acetaminophen, gabapentin, and celecoxib and intraoperative ketamine and lidocaine). The Investigational Drug Service will mix and prepare the study medications necessary for each participant. An Investigational Drug Service staff member will deliver the oral medications to the nursing team in the preoperative holding unit and the IV medications to the anesthesia team in the OR unit.
Intervention: Gabapentin
Treatment Group
Perioperative intervention (preoperative acetaminophen, gabapentin, and celecoxib and intraoperative ketamine and lidocaine). The Investigational Drug Service will mix and prepare the study medications necessary for each participant. An Investigational Drug Service staff member will deliver the oral medications to the nursing team in the preoperative holding unit and the IV medications to the anesthesia team in the OR unit.
Intervention: Celecoxib
Control Group
Perioperative placebo Placebo oral drugs will be encapsulated versions provided by the Investigational Drug Service and will appear identical to the interventional oral drugs. Placebo IV infusions will be prepared by Investigational Drug Service as per institutional guidelines and will appear identical to the interventional IV drugs.
Intervention: Placebo Ketamine
Control Group
Perioperative placebo Placebo oral drugs will be encapsulated versions provided by the Investigational Drug Service and will appear identical to the interventional oral drugs. Placebo IV infusions will be prepared by Investigational Drug Service as per institutional guidelines and will appear identical to the interventional IV drugs.
Intervention: Placebo Lidocaine
Control Group
Perioperative placebo Placebo oral drugs will be encapsulated versions provided by the Investigational Drug Service and will appear identical to the interventional oral drugs. Placebo IV infusions will be prepared by Investigational Drug Service as per institutional guidelines and will appear identical to the interventional IV drugs.
Intervention: Placebo Acetaminophen
Control Group
Perioperative placebo Placebo oral drugs will be encapsulated versions provided by the Investigational Drug Service and will appear identical to the interventional oral drugs. Placebo IV infusions will be prepared by Investigational Drug Service as per institutional guidelines and will appear identical to the interventional IV drugs.
Intervention: Placebo Gabapentin
Control Group
Perioperative placebo Placebo oral drugs will be encapsulated versions provided by the Investigational Drug Service and will appear identical to the interventional oral drugs. Placebo IV infusions will be prepared by Investigational Drug Service as per institutional guidelines and will appear identical to the interventional IV drugs.
Intervention: Placebo Celecoxib
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Total opioid consumption measured in daily morphine equivalent
Time Frame: at 48 hours postop
Total opioid consumption measured in daily morphine equivalent
Pain levels on Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
Time Frame: Pre-Op, 24 hours postop, and 48 hours postop
Change in pain levels on Visual Analog Scale (VAS 0-100mm scale with higher scores corresponding to more pain)
Secondary Outcomes
- Average Patient satisfaction with pain management scores(at the time of discharge (an average of 1 week))
- Average Opioid Related Symptom Distress Scale (ORSDS) scores(at 96 hours after surgery, and at discharge (an average of 1 week))
- Time to first flatulence and defecation(an average of 7 days)