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Intravenous Lidocaine in Carcinologic ENT Surgery: A Trial for Evaluation of Opioid Saving Strategy and Chronic Post-surgical Pain (ELICO)

Intravenous Lidocaine in Carcinologic ENT Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial for Evaluation of Opioid Saving Strategy and Chronic Post-surgical Pain

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02894710
Acronym
ELICO
Enrollment
143
Registered
2016-09-09
Start date
2016-12-31
Completion date
2019-12-31
Last updated
2025-10-03

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Conditions

Carcinologic Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) Surgery

Keywords

postoperative pain, intravenous lidocaine, chronic post-surgical pain, remifentanil, patient controlled analgesia, morphine consumption, ENT surgery

Brief summary

Lidocaine, local anesthetic used for more than five decades, is being intravenously administered aiming at managing pain in different types of surgeries with promising results. Opioid-induced hyperalgesia need to be considered in ear-nose-throat (ENT) surgery owing to the difficulty of locoregional anesthesia and high level of opioid consumption. This randomized study aims to compare quality of perioperative analgesia after infusion of intravenous lidocaine during carcinological ENT surgery. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate morphine consumption during the 48 postoperative hours. Others purposes are evaluation of peroperative remifentanil consumption, morphine consumption during the 24 postoperative hours, chronic post-surgical pain evaluated from 3 to 6 months after carcinologic ENT surgery, and incidence of side effects that can be attributed to lidocaine infusion.

Interventions

Patients in Lidocaine group received an intravenous bolus injection of 1,5 mg/kg lidocaine (0,075mL/kg of Lidocaine 20mg/mL) followed by a continuous lidocaine infusion of 2 mg/kg/hr during surgery (0,1mL/kg/hr of Lidocaine 20mg/mL) and 1 mg/kg/hr in recovery room (0,05mL/kg/hr of Lidocaine 20mg/mL).

DRUGGlucose 5% (placebo)

Patients in control group received an intravenous bolus injection of 0,075mL/kg of placebo (Glucose 5%) by a continuous lidocaine infusion of 0,1mL/kg/hr of placebo (Glucose 5%) during surgery and 0,05mL/kg/hr of placebo (Glucose 5%) in recovery room.

Sponsors

Hospices Civils de Lyon
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patient undergoing major carcinological ENT surgery (total laryngectomy, oropharyngectomy with or without mandibulotomy, crico-hyoido-epiglotto-pexy, intraoral extended resection, partial laryngectomy, partial pharyngectomy, extended pelvectomy, pelviglossectomy, with or without pectoralis major flap or free flap, with or without lymphadenectomy) * Patient receiving standardized Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) * Written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* Hypersensitivity to local anesthetics of the amide group, * Acute porphyria * Atrioventricular conduction disorders requiring permanent electro-systolic * Epilepsy not controlled by treatment * Hepatocellular insufficiency (PT\<50%) or cirrhosis * Systolic heart failure (LVEF \<50%) * Major inflation State * Hypersensitivity to any component of Glucose 5% * Treatment with beta-blockers or antiarrhythmic of Vaughan Williams classification * BMI \> 30kg/m2 * Patient already treated for chronic pain with level 3 analgesic or for neuropathic pain * Pregnant or lactating women * Refusal to give consent * Patient under legal protection measure

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Total morphine requirement during the first 48 postoperative hours48 postoperative hours (H48)Standardized patient control analgesia (PCA) devices will be read at the 48th postoperative hour.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Remifentanil peroperative consumptionAt the end of surgery (an average of 3 hours et 10 minutes)from the beginning of anesthesia to end of surgery
Total morphine requirement24 postoperative hours (H24)Total morphine requirement during the first 24 postoperative hours.
Evaluation of chronic post-surgical pain3 to 6 months after surgery (M3-6)Chronic post-surgical pain will be evaluated from 3 to 6 month after surgery by a personal interview of each patient with the french version of McGill pain questionnaire (Questionnaire de Saint-Antoine - version abrégée)
Incidence of side effects that can be attributed to lidocaine infusion3 to 6 months after surgery (M3-6)

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 21, 2026