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Continuous Paravertebral Block on Postoperative Quality of Recovery After Hepatectomy

Effect of Continuous Paravertebral Block on Postoperative Quality of Recovery After Hepatectomy

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03777644
Enrollment
76
Registered
2018-12-17
Start date
2018-11-01
Completion date
2019-05-19
Last updated
2020-06-25

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Conditions

Nerve Block

Brief summary

Moderate to severe postoperative pain often influence patients quality of recovery after hepatectomy. Systemic opioids given with patient-controlled analgesia has been used after hepatectomy in many medical center, but the analgesic effect can be limited and undesirable side effects may bring about negative effects on patients recovery. Regional block has been proved to improve patients postoperative recovery in many kinds of surgeries. The investigators therefore designed a prospective, randomized, subject and assessor blinded, parallel-group, placebo controlled study to test the hypothesis that continuous right thoracic paravertebral block increase patients quality of recovery score on the 7th postoperative day after hepatectomy in patients receiving i.v. patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) with morphine.

Interventions

Inject local anesthetics in the T8 paravertebral space followed with catheter insertion and continuous local infusion. Device: Philip CX50 Ultrasound Scanner The curved (C1-5) probe of Philip CX 50 Ultrasound Scanner is used for scanning Device: PAJUNK Contiplex S Catheter Drug: single dose ropivacaine 0.5%ropivacaine with 1:200,000 adrenaline, 25ml in total given immediately after the correct position of the tip of the needle has been confirmed Drug: continuously infusion of ropivacaine 0.2% ropivacaine, infusion rate: 0.125ml/kg/pulse,1pulse/h given through the catheter inserted in the T8 paravertebral space following the single dose Drug: Morphine given as IPCA bolus: 2mg, lock time: 5min, 1h limitation: 8mg

Inject local anesthetics in the T8 paravertebral space followed with catheter insertion and continuous local infusion. Device: Philip CX50 Ultrasound Scanner The curved (C1-5) probe of Philip CX 50 Ultrasound Scanner is used for scanning Device: PAJUNK Contiplex S Catheter Drug: single dose saline,25ml in total given immediately after the correct position of the tip of the needle has been confirmed Drug: continuously infusion of saline 0.9% saline, infusion rate: 0.125ml/kg/pulse,1pulse/h given through the catheter inserted in the T8 paravertebral space following the single dose

Drug: Morphine given as IPCA bolus: 2mg, lock time: 5min, 1h limitation: 8mg

Sponsors

Cui Xulei
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Age 18-70 yrs * American Society of Anesthesiologists physical statusⅠ-Ⅲ * Undergo hepatectomy with J-shape subcostal incision * Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* A known allergy to the drugs being used * Coagulopathy, on anticoagulants * Analgesics intake, history of substance abuse * Participating in the investigation of another experimental agent * Inability to properly describe postoperative pain to investigators (eg, language barrier, neuropsychiatric disorder)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
the postoperative recovery quality on postoperative day 7at the 7th postoperative dayThe postoperative recovery quality is evaluated with QoR-15 questionnaire. The QoR-15 is a 15-item questionnaire intended to measure QoR after anesthesia and surgery. It comprises five subscales: pain (2 items), physical comfort (5 items), physical independence (2 items), psychological support (2 items), and emotional state (4 items) \[2 Stark PA, Myles PS, Burke JA. Development and psychometric evaluation of a postoperative quality of recovery score: the QoR- 15. Anesthesiology. 2013;118(6):1332.\]. Each item is scored from 0 to 10, and the possible total score ranges from 0(extremely poor quality of recovery) to 150 (excellent quality of re covery).

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
time to out-of bed activity/ambutationUp to 2 weeks
The pain scores determined by the numeric rating scale (NRS, 0-10)At 8, 24,48 hours after the surgeryThe patients evaluated their pain severity with thenumeric rating scale (NRS, 0-10),where 0 indicates no pain, and 10 indicates the most severe pain.
post operative length of stayUp to 2 weeks
time to resumption of bowel movementUp to 2 weeks after surgery
the postoperative recovery quality on postoperative day 3: QoR-15 questionnaireat the 3th postoperative dayThe postoperative recovery quality is evaluated with QoR-15 questionnaire. The QoR-15 is a 15-item questionnaire intended to measure QoR after anesthesia and surgery. It comprises five subscales: pain (2 items), physical comfort (5 items), physical independence (2 items), psychological support (2 items), and emotional state (4 items) \[2 Stark PA, Myles PS, Burke JA. Development and psychometric evaluation of a postoperative quality of recovery score: the QoR- 15. Anesthesiology. 2013;118(6):1332.\]. Each item is scored from 0 to 10, and the possible total score ranges from 0(extremely poor quality of recovery) to 150 (excellent quality of re covery).
cumulated morphine consumptionAt 8, 24,48 hours after the surgery

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026