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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12613001036707
ACTRN12613001036707
Completed
N/A

In patients undergoing a total knee replacement, does adding ketamine to a morphine patient controlled analgesia (PCA) lead to improved analgesia as measured by VNRS? A randomised, prospective, double-blinded study.

Yoon Leng Ooi0 sites530 target enrollmentSeptember 18, 2013

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Yoon Leng Ooi
Enrollment
530
Status
Completed
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
September 18, 2013
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Yoon Leng Ooi

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Elective patients undergoing a Total Knee Replacement
  • 18 years or older
  • Would be able to understand the use of a Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) system

Exclusion Criteria

  • An allergy to morphine or ketamine
  • Patient inability to use a PCA
  • Pre\-existing neurological or psychiatric illnesses
  • Evidence of severe cardiovascular, renal, hematologic or hepatic disease
  • Patients unsuitable for the study’s standardised anaesthetic technique
  • Patients requiring other analgesic drugs or regional techniques which may affect the appreciation of pain
  • Alcohol and opioid dependent patients
  • Patients with a history of chronic pain

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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