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Continuous thoracic paravertebral block or epidural analgesia in minimally invasive thoracic surgery in elderly patients: a randomized, controlled, multicenter clinical trail

Continuous thoracic paravertebral block or epidural analgesia in minimally invasive thoracic surgery in elderly patients: a randomized, controlled, multicenter clinical trail

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2400090243
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2024-09-26
Start date
2024-10-08
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-09-30

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

Conditions

Continuous thoracic paravertebral block

Interventions

Continuous thoracic paravertebral block:Preoperative ultrasound-guided thoracic paravertebral block placement and continuous thoracic paravertebral analgesia during intraoperative and postoperative
Continuous epidural analgesia:Preoperative epidural catheter placement, continuous epidural analgesia during intraoperative and postoperative

Sponsors

Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
65 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: a. Proposed elective thoracoscopic or robot-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy, segmental resection, or wedge resection of the lungs b. Age 65 years and above c. American Society of Anesthesiology physical status classification of I-III d. Signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: a. Patient refusing to sign the consent form b. Obvious spinal deformity, trauma, previous history of spinal, ipsilateral chest, chest wall or pleural surgery c. Contraindications to regional anesthesia: e.g., coagulation abnormalities, puncture site infection d. Presence of pain or daily use of analgesic before surgery (>level 2 of the World Health Organization analgesic ladder) e. Allergy to local anesthetic drugs f. Conversion to thoracotomy during the intervention g. Failure to complete surgery due to disease progression or medical reasons h. Patients with cognitive dysfunction who are unable to cooperate, patients taking sedative-hypnotic, anxiolytic, antidepressant drugs before surgery

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Quality of Recovery Score of patients at 24 hours postoperatively;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Pain score at rest and coughing;Incidence of postoperative chronic pain;Quality of Recovery Score of patients at 48,72 hours postoperatively;Patient nighttime PCA counts, total PCA counts;Consumption of local anesthetic;Incidence of additional supplemental analgesics;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactYing Xiao

Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

xiaoying@mail.sysu.edu.cn+86 135 7052 1662

Outcome results

None listed

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