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Effectiveness of Intercostal Radio Frequency Ablation for the Management of Chronic pain after thoracic surgery

Efficacy of Intercostal Radio Frequency Ablation (IC-RFA) for the Management of Chronic Post-Thoracotomy Pain syndrome (PTPS)

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2019/02/017460
Enrollment
68
Registered
2019-02-05
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: C39- Malignant neoplasm of other and ill-defined sites in the respiratory system and intrathoracic organs

Interventions

Intervention1: Intercostal RadioFrequency Ablation: Landmark for Intercostal RFA will be the inferior border of the affected Rib around 6-8cm lateral to the midline spinous process. After confirming t

Sponsors

All India Institute of Medical SciencesNew Delhi
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients age 18 and above. 2. Both male and female. 3.Underwent thoracotomy surgery >= 2 months. 4. On oral analgesics (opioids, NSAIDS) for pain management. 5.On oral analgesics with NRS >4

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1 Inability to comprehend pain scale. 2 Localised or systemic sepsis. 3 Contraindications to regional techniques.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To compare the efficacy of Intercostal RFA with conventional oral analgesics for the management of chronic post-thoracotomy pain syndrome (PTPS) in terms of 1) Reduction of NRS 2) Total oral analgesics consumptionTimepoint: Assessment time points would be weekly till one month—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Assessment of quality of life in both groups, based on 36-Item Short Form Survey Instrument (SF-36) Questionnaire.Timepoint: Quality of life will be assessed weekly till one month.—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSACHIDANAND JEE BHARATI

All India Institute of Medical Sciences

sachidadr@yahoo.co.in29575101

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026