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Postoperative Analgesic Effectiveness of Bupivacaine With and Without Dexmedetomidine in Patients With Abdominal Surgery

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Hypotension
Vomiting
Post Operative Pain
Nausea
Bradycardia
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT06531603
Lead Sponsor
Sahiwal medical college sahiwal
Brief Summary

Abdominal surgeries are major surgical procedures that are performed at any teaching hospital. Pain control is major concern in the intra-operative as well as post-operative period in these patients. Optimal pain control in post-operative period is directly related to patient's recovery, shortens the patients' hospital stay and overall burden on health facilities. Inadequate pain control may affect quality of life and increases patient's morbidity and mortality. Different modalities for pain control are used in post-operative period. Opioids are mainstay of treatment in post-operative period but historically are associated with significant side effect profile like dependence, nausea, vomiting, respiratory depression, constipation and many others. Dexmedetomidine is centrally acting α-2 adrenoceptor agonist.

Detailed Description

This randomized controlled trial was conducted at Department of Anesthesia, Sahiwal Teaching Hospital, Sahiwal. After institutional review board (IRB) approval, computer-generated random number table was used to randomize the patients to two groups, one group received Bupivacaine plus placebo and the other group received Bupivacaine plus dexmedetomidine. A total of 64 patients met the inclusion criteria and were enrolled in the study in a 1:1. Informed written consent was obtained from all the patients before enrolling them in the study. All patients underwent a pre-operative assessment on the day before surgery. Both groups received wound infiltration with studied drugs at the end of surgery. After surgery patients were shifted to post-surgical ward and assessed for pain using visual analogue scale (VAS) and data was collected and analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26. Quantitative variables were presented with mean ±SD. Comparison of quantitative variable between groups was done using independent sample t-test. Comparison of qualitative variable like (Opioid sparing effect, Bradycardia, Hypotension, Nausea, Vomiting) was presented with frequency and percentages. Data was stratified on the basis of gender and age. Post-stratification chi-square test was used to compare both groups for opioid sparing effect in each stratum with p-value ≤0.05 as significant.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
64
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Age limit: 18-60 years
  2. Gender of patient i.e., male or female
  3. Patients listed for abdominal surgeries
  4. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) status of I or II
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Patients with history of drug allergy
  2. Patients who undergone any analgesia in past 24 hr
  3. Patients with liver disease, kidney disease, cardiac disease, sickle cell anemia, severe preeclampsia or CNS disorder on history, clinical and laboratory assessment
  4. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) status III or IV
  5. Patients with morbid obesity 6, Raynaud's disease Patients on adrenoceptor agonists, antagonists or narcotics before the operation.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Bupivacaine plus Dexmedetomidine groupBupivacaine plus dexmedetomidine wound infilterationPatients receiving Bupivacaine plus Dexmedetomidine for wound infiltration after abdominal surgery for pain control.
Bupivacaine groupbupivacaine wound infilterationPatients receiving Bupivacaine plus placebo for wound infiltration after abdominal surgery for pain control.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Duration of analgesiaEvery 30 mints for 4hrs than 2hrly for 24 hrs post procedure

Time from procedure to requirement of rescue analgesia

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Opioid sparingTotal dose of nalbuhine consumption in 1st 24 hrs after procedure

Total amount of opioid consumtion in the first 24 post procedure.

Blood pressureEvery 15 minutes intra operative and every 15 minutes for 24 hrs postoperatively

Mean pressue will be measured

VomitingEvery 3 minutes for first 4 hrs then 2hrly for 24 hrs

Urge to vomit

Hear rateEvery 15 minutes intraoperative and every 15 minutes postoperatively for 24 hrs

Heart rate will be measured

NeauseaEvery 30 minutes for 4 hrs then 2hrly for 24 hrs

Felling of nasueas

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sahiwal Medical College

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Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan

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