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Post-Operative Pain prevention after hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery: continuous sUbfascial infiltration or ePidural analgesia? a randomized controlled non-inferiority multicenter trial

Phase 4
Completed
Conditions
post-operative pain
post-operative pain after HPB- operations
10019654
10017998
Registration Number
NL-OMON42243
Lead Sponsor
Academisch Medisch Centrum
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
102
Inclusion Criteria

- Patients of 18 years and older
- Elective laparotomy for hepato-pancreato-biliary conditions:
* Pylorus preserving pancreatoduodenectomy (PPPD), Whipple procedure
* Distal pancreatectomy
* Hepatojejunostomy
* Partial liver resection
* Other hepato-pancreato-biliary laparotomies (elective)
- Patients who have signed an informed consent form

Exclusion Criteria

- ASA status 4
- Chronic opioid use
- Allergy to local anesthetics or morphine
- Renal / Liver failure
- Contraindications for epidural placement
- INR >1.5 , PPT>1.5, Platelets <80

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Primary endpoint:<br /><br>Overall benefit of analgesic score (OBAS score). Measured on postoperative day<br /><br>1-5.</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Secondary endpoints:<br /><br>- Total operative time. (operation time / pre-operative time)<br /><br>- Length of hospital stay / readiness for discharge<br /><br>- Failure of analgesic technique<br /><br>- Pain after 12/24/72 hours, during rest and movement (VAS score)<br /><br>- Cumulative opioid consumption<br /><br>- Hypotension with the need for additional fluid boluses during and after<br /><br>surgery and noradrenaline dependency<br /><br>- Days CSWI/PCEA needed<br /><br><br /><br>Side effects up to 30 days, including:<br /><br>- Prolonged post-anaesthesia care unit / Intensive care unit stay<br /><br>- Duration of indwelling urinary catheter (days)<br /><br>- Pruritus, post-operative nausea and vomiting<br /><br>- Complications related to anaesthetic technique, f.e. CNS toxicity, epidural<br /><br>hematoma, epidural abscess, wound infection<br /><br>- Post-surgical pain after 30 days</p><br>
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