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Comparative Prospective Randomized Study in Postoperative Cardiac Surgery Patients on Analgesia with Morphine Continuous Infusion or Sublingual Sufentanil (Zalviso®).

Comparative Prospective Randomized Study in Postoperative Cardiac Surgery Patients on Analgesia with Morphine Continuous Infusion or Sublingual Sufentanil (Zalviso®).

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
EU CTR
Registry ID
EUCTR2017-004038-28-BE
Enrollment
80
Registered
2017-12-08
Start date
2018-02-21
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-08-12

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Trade Name: MORPHINE HCl STEROP Product Name: Morphine Product Code: BE414346 Pharmaceutical Form: Concentrate for solution for infusion INN or Proposed INN: MORPHINE CAS Number: 57-27-2 Concentration

Sponsors

Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All postoperative cardiac surgery patients aged between 18-75 y Are the trial subjects under 18? no Number of subjects for this age range: F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 60 F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 20

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: -Patients with known allergy -Patients with allergy to opioid drugs or a medical history of psychiatric disease --Patients with chronic inflammatory disease or chronic obstructive lung disease -Pregnancy in female subjects in child-bearing age -Body mass index greater than 35 kg/m2 -Participation in another clinical trial -Drug abuse -Psychological or emotional problems -The use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or monoamine oxidase inhibitors -Pain therapy with opioids 14 days before the start of the study -Patients who are not cooperative or could not use PCA will be also excluded. -All patients who cannot be weaned from the ventilator the day of surgery or the first postoperative day will be excluded -Patients who are delirious or to whom no communication could be performed.

Design outcomes

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary end point(s): -Nausea, vomiting and constipation -Pruritus -Consciousness;Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: twice daily

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Main Objective: The present study aims to assess postoperative pain after cardiac surgery by means of a standardized scoring system.;Secondary Objective: -Presence of nausea, vomiting, constipation -Pruritus -Consciousness;Primary end point(s): VAS score;Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: twice daily

Countries

Belgium

Contacts

Public ContactVeerle Van Mossevelde

Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel

veerle.vanmossevelde@uzbrussel.be+3224763134

Outcome results

None listed

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