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Naldebain and Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

To Explore the Effects of Naldebain Combined With Thoracic Paravertebral Block in Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery.

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04962152
Enrollment
60
Registered
2021-07-14
Start date
2021-07-07
Completion date
2024-05-07
Last updated
2024-03-21

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

Conditions

Analgesia, Injection Site Reaction, Itching, Nausea and Vomiting, Postoperative, Satisfaction, Patient

Brief summary

To evaluate the postoperative analgesic effect of combined use of Naldebain® and thoracic paravertebral block in thoracoscopic surgery

Detailed description

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) can be associated with stronger postoperative pain than is commonly believed. Pain control after thoracic surgery is important because increased acute pain has been shown to increase the incidence of chronic pain, and untreated pain may lead to increased morbidity. It is generally accepted to introduce multimodal analgesic strategies based on regional blockade, opioids and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Paravertebral block (PVB) involves the injection of local anesthetic into a wedge-shaped space lateral to the spinal nerves as they emerge from intervertebral foramina. It produces ipsilateral somatosensory and sympathetic nerve blockade effective for anesthesia as well as for management of pain of unilateral origin from the chest and abdomen. So far, thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB) is the most common technique used for patients undergoing VATS. TPVB may be useful after VATS because a single injection of local anesthesia may provide effective analgesia for the intense short-duration pain that patients experience. Nalbuphine sebacate (Naldebain®) is a long-acting prodrug of nalbuphine developed for meeting the unmet medical need of long-acting analgesics. It is a synthetic opioid agonist-antagonist analgesic of the phenanthrene series. It is chemically related to both the widely used opioid antagonist, naloxone, and the potent opioid analgesic, oxymorphone. The currently proposed clinical use of nalbuphine sebacate is a single dose of Naldebain® administered intramuscularly approximately 24 h prior to the planned surgery for pain relief. The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of TPVB combined with a single dose of intramuscular Naldebain® administered preoperatively to patients scheduled to undergo VATS.

Interventions

DRUGNalbuphine Sebacate or Sesame oil (placebo)

ultrasound-guided intramuscular injection after the induction of anesthesia immediately

Sponsors

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

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

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* 1\) Subject's age: 20\ 65 years old * 2\) American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Status classification: I\ III * 3\) Patients who need postoperative pain relief due to thoracoscopic surgery

Exclusion criteria

* 1\. The patient suffers from a communication disorder * 2\. The patient has coagulopathy * 3\. Sick with obvious heart, lung, liver or kidney disease * 4\. The patient's body mass index is less than 18.5 or greater than 35 * 5\. Pregnant patients * 6\. Patients who took opioids for more than three weeks before surgery * 7\. Patients with contraindications to local anesthesia * 8\. Patients with a history of chronic pain * 9\. Patients with a history of drug allergy to Naldebain

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
postoperative analgesic effectDuring the first one hour in the recovery room, the pain intensity was evaluated every 15 minutes.Use the visual analogue scale (VAS) score to assess the degree of pain after surgery

Countries

Taiwan

Contacts

Primary ContactHung-Te Hsu, MD, PhD
hdhsu1228@hotmail.com+88673121101
Backup ContactHung-Te Hsu, MD, PhD
hdhsu1228@yahoo.com.tw+88673701260

Outcome results

None listed

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