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Duloxetine reduces postoperative pain and improves quality of life after single-segment lumbar fusion procedures in centrally sensitized patients: a prospective randomized controlled study

Duloxetine reduces postoperative pain and improves quality of life after single-segment lumbar fusion procedures in centrally sensitized patients: a prospective randomized controlled study

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2000030195
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2020-02-25
Start date
2020-03-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2020-03-02

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Conditions

single-segment lumbar fusion

Interventions

Duloxetine:duloxetine 60mg/day with standard analgesic regimen
Control:standard analgesic regimen

Sponsors

The Third People's Hospital of Chengdu
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1 Subjects volunteered to participate in the study and signed informed consent; 2 18-70 years old, male or female; 3 Inpatients undergoing elective single-segment lumbar fusion procedures; 4 history of chronic low back pain >= 3 months; 5 With central sensitization (central sensitization Inventory [CSI scale] score >= 40 points); 6 ASA physical status I–II.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Allergic to the study drug duloxetine; 2. Has history of increased intraocular pressure or narrow-angle glaucoma; 3. Has other systemic diseases, including serious diseases of important organs such as heart, brain, lung, liver or kidney, immune diseases, metabolic diseases (diabetes, thyroid disease) or malignant tumors, reproductive system diseases such as ovarian cyst , Endometriosis, etc .; 4. Significant abnormalities in laboratory tests or electrocardiograms, such as: A. hemoglobin = 133umol / L (male) or >= 124umol / L (female); or creatinine clearance rate 1.5xULN and / or ALT> 1.5xULN and / or total bilirubin> 1.5 x ULN; 5. Patients with moderate to severe depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire-9 [PHQ-9] score > 9); 6. Patients with moderate to severe anxiety symptoms (Generalized Anxiety Disease-7 [GAD-7] score > 5); 7. History of other mental disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, etc .; 8. History of drug or alcohol abuse; 9. Treatment with MAO inhibitor within 14 days prior to registration; 10. Long-term use or abuse of analgesics or opioids; 11. Treatment with duloxetine prior to registration; 12. Obese (BMI >= 40kg / m2); 13. Noncooperation ; 14. Pregnant or breast-feeding; 15. Participated in other studies in the last 3 months; 16. Other situations that investigators considered as unsuitable.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
pain;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
quality of life;recovery;sleep;satisfaction;mental health;postoperative opioid consumption reduction;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactLi Xue

Department of Orthopedics, the Third People's Hospital of Chengdu

893085983@qq.com+86 13882128055

Outcome results

None listed

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