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Local Injection of Pain Medication to Reduce Pain After Bone Marrow Procedures in Pediatric Neuroblastoma Patients

RePPAIR -Reducing Procedural Pain and Improving Recovery of Quality of Life in Pediatric Neuroblastoma Patients Undergoing Bone Marrow Procedures: A Prospective Randomized Cross-over Clinical Trial

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02924324
Enrollment
56
Registered
2016-10-05
Start date
2016-10-31
Completion date
2019-11-30
Last updated
2022-11-08

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Conditions

Neuroblastoma

Keywords

local Injection, pain Medication, propofol, ropivacaine, 16-1417

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to identify whether or not the addition of a numbing medicine that is injected directly into the site of the bone marrow procedure can reduce pain and the use of opioid pain medication after bone marrow procedures. The addition of this medicine, called ropivacaine, is the experimental part of this study. This is the first time ropivacaine will be directly injected into the bone marrow site at MSKCC Pediatrics.

Interventions

DEVICEpropofol
DRUGropivacaine
BEHAVIORALWong-Baker FACES® Pain Rating Scale

Nurses will record patient-reported pain scores.

BEHAVIORALPost-procedural quality of life (QOL)

Sponsors

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Diagnosis of neuroblastoma as defined by the International Neuroblastoma Risk Group Staging System (INRGSS)22 * 3 - 18 years of age * Patient has had prior bone marrow procedures * English speaking

Exclusion criteria

* History of allergy to investigational agent: ropivacaine or other amino amide analgesics * History of allergy to standard agent: propofol * Chronic daily opioid requirement * Lansky/Karnofsky Score \< 60 * Inability to comply with protocol requirements including refusal to forego pre-procedural opioid use * Patient is receiving additional potentially painful interventions (e.g. central line insertion/removal) concurrent with the bone marrow procedure

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Participants Requiring Post-procedural Opioid Analgesia Per Study Armwithin 24 hours (+/- 4 hours) post procedureNumber of participants requiring post-procedural opioid analgesia within 24 hours (+/- 4 hours) post procedure per study arm

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Propofol With Placebo First Then Propofol With Ropivacaine
ARM 1: 1st Bone Marrow procedure (BM) Intervention A: propofol first. Then second BM procedure with propofol & ropivacaine
28
Propofol With Ropivacaine First Then Propofol With Placebo
ARM 2: 1st BM procedure: Intervention B: propofol & ropivacaine first. Then second BM procedure with propofol
28
Total56

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicPropofol With Placebo First Then Propofol With RopivacaineTotalPropofol With Ropivacaine First Then Propofol With Placebo
Age, Continuous7.75 years7.13 years6.5 years
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
0 Participants1 Participants1 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
28 Participants55 Participants27 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants1 Participants1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
1 Participants4 Participants3 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
1 Participants4 Participants3 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
3 Participants5 Participants2 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
23 Participants42 Participants19 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United Kingdom
0 Participants1 Participants1 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
28 Participants55 Participants27 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
13 Participants20 Participants7 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
15 Participants36 Participants21 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
12 / 5612 / 56
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 560 / 56
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 560 / 56

Outcome results

Primary

Number of Participants Requiring Post-procedural Opioid Analgesia Per Study Arm

Number of participants requiring post-procedural opioid analgesia within 24 hours (+/- 4 hours) post procedure per study arm

Time frame: within 24 hours (+/- 4 hours) post procedure

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
Propofol AloneNumber of Participants Requiring Post-procedural Opioid Analgesia Per Study ArmRequire postprocedural opioid22 participants
Propofol AloneNumber of Participants Requiring Post-procedural Opioid Analgesia Per Study ArmDid not Require postprocedural opioid34 participants
Propofol & RopivacaineNumber of Participants Requiring Post-procedural Opioid Analgesia Per Study ArmRequire postprocedural opioid22 participants
Propofol & RopivacaineNumber of Participants Requiring Post-procedural Opioid Analgesia Per Study ArmDid not Require postprocedural opioid34 participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 20, 2026