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Effect of skin infiltration with ropivacaine on postoperative pain in patients undergoing craniotomy under general anesthesia

Effect of skin infiltration with ropivacaine on postoperative pain in patients undergoing craniotomy under general anesthesia

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR-IPR-14005717
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2014-12-22
Start date
2015-01-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2017-04-18

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

postoperative pain after craniotomy

Interventions

study group:skin infiltration with 0.5%ropivacaine
Control:Placebo (0.9% NS)

Sponsors

West China Hospital, Sichuan University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 70 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Female or male, and any race, Age older than 18 years at the screening visite; 2. Scheduled to undergo craniotomy under general anesthesia; 3. Patients with ASA I and II; 4. Female subjects must have been postmenopausal, surgically sterile, or willing to use acceptable means of contraception for at least 30 days after surgery including any of the following: hormonal contraceptives (e.g., oral, injectable, implantable starting at least 30 days before study drug administration), effective double-barrier methods (e.g., condoms with spermicide), intrauterine device, lifestyle with a personal choice of abstinence, non-heterosexual lifestyle, or a strictly monogamous relationship with a partner who has had a vasectomy. If of childbearing potential,have a documented negative blood or urine pregnancy test within 24 hours before surgery; 5. To be able to provide informed consent, adhere to the study visite schedule, and complete all study assessments.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Under intravertebral anesthesia and/or epidural analgesia; 2. Under postoperatived patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) and postoperative intravenous analgesia(PCIA); 3. Inability to understand and use the visual analog scale (VAS); 4. Currently pregnant,nursing,or planning to become pregnant during the study or within one month after study drug administration; 5. Chronic user of analgesic medications, including taking opioid medications for more than 14 days in the last 3months, or non-opioid pain medications more than 5times per week; 6. Proven or suspected allergy to local anesthetics, NSAIDs and opioids; 7. Use of any NSAIDs including selective COX-2inhibitor, opioids or other analgesic agents within 3days of surgery; 8. Glasgow Coma Score less than 15; 9. History of suspected or known addiction to or abuse of drugs or alcohol within the past 2 years; 10. Current acute or chronic medical or major psychiatric disease that, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with the evaluation of study drug efficacy or safety; 11. Any other subjects were not suitable to this study in the opinion of the investigator.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Total postoperative consumption, in mg, of Morphine through 24 hours;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
VAS pain scores at postoperative hours 2, 4, 8, 24;Propotion of subjects who were pain free (defined as an VAS of 0 or 1) at 24hours and other time points;Proportion of subjects who received no recue pain medication;Time to first postoperative use of supplementary analgesic medication;Subject's satisfactory of postoperative analgesia at 24h;Length of hospital stay;Length of wound pain by patient self report at Day 90;

Contacts

Public ContactYu Li

West China Hospital, Sichuan University

biaojieli@tom.com+86 18980601545

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 12, 2026