Management of Postoperative Pain in France: a Prospective National Study

Completed

• Conditions: Pain

• Registration Number: NCT06487442
• Lead Sponsor: Société Française d'Anesthésie et de Réanimation

Brief Summary

Managing postoperative pain is an ongoing challenge. Therefore, frequent surveys are needed to constantly evaluate and improve perioperative pain care. The French reference audit was published in 2008. Ten years later, the French AlgoSFAR survey of 70 centres and 3,315 patients highlighted a clear improvement in practices. However, these data have never been published in a referenced journal due to significant methodological biases.

In 2024, we do not have recent French data based on rigorous methodology in the field of postoperative pain management.

The objective of this study is to reassess postoperative pain management in France. This is a prospective national survey. The proposed methodology will make it possible to provide a relevant snapshot of the practices and quality of care. Secondarily, areas for improvement can be identified and these results will also help in the drafting of future recommendations.

100 centres representative of the French map of surgical centres will be contacted.

Inclusions will take place over 2 days, identical for all centres. All patients eligible for inclusion during this period will be included.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2024-06-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-06-27
• Study First Posted: 2024-07-05
• Study Start: 2024-09-30
• Primary Completion: 2024-10-01
• Study Completion: 2025-04-10
• Status Verified: 2025-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-05-13
• Last Update Posted: 2025-05-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3879

Inclusion Criteria

• Adult patients benefiting of a scheduled surgery during the inclusion period in a participating centre.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients under 18 years old
• Patient's refusal
• Patients deprived of liberty
• Patients undergoing intracranial neurosurgery or cardiac surgery
• Expected surgery duration < 30 minutes
• urgent surgery

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain assessment	At rest over the first 3 days postoperatively	Pain assessed with a numerical rating scale (NRS)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Preoperative pain assessment	Preoperative assessment	Pain assessed with a numerical rating scale (NRS)
Frequency of administration of non-morphine analgesics	At rest over the first 3 days postoperatively	Frequency of administration of non-morphine analgesics
Frequency of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV)	At rest over the first 3 days postoperatively	Frequency of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV)
Morphine consumption	Over the first 3 postoperative days	Morphine consumption in mg
Frequency of administration of regional anaesthesia	At rest over the first 3 days postoperatively	Frequency of administration of regional anaesthesia

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU Rennes - Hôpital Sud; 🇫🇷 Rennes, France