Management of Postoperative Pain in France: a Prospective National Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06487442

Acronym

ALGOSFAR2

Enrollment

3879

Registered

2024-07-05

Start date

2024-09-30

Completion date

2025-04-10

Last updated

2025-05-14

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Conditions

Pain

Keywords

postoperative pain

Brief summary

Managing postoperative pain is an ongoing challenge. Therefore, frequent surveys are needed to constantly evaluate and improve perioperative pain care. The French reference audit was published in 2008. Ten years later, the French AlgoSFAR survey of 70 centres and 3,315 patients highlighted a clear improvement in practices. However, these data have never been published in a referenced journal due to significant methodological biases. In 2024, we do not have recent French data based on rigorous methodology in the field of postoperative pain management. The objective of this study is to reassess postoperative pain management in France. This is a prospective national survey. The proposed methodology will make it possible to provide a relevant snapshot of the practices and quality of care. Secondarily, areas for improvement can be identified and these results will also help in the drafting of future recommendations. 100 centres representative of the French map of surgical centres will be contacted. Inclusions will take place over 2 days, identical for all centres. All patients eligible for inclusion during this period will be included.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Adult patients benefiting of a scheduled surgery during the inclusion period in a participating centre.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients under 18 years old * Patient's refusal * Patients deprived of liberty * Patients undergoing intracranial neurosurgery or cardiac surgery * Expected surgery duration \< 30 minutes * urgent surgery

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Pain assessment	At rest over the first 3 days postoperatively	Pain assessed with a numerical rating scale (NRS)

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Preoperative pain assessment	Preoperative assessment	Pain assessed with a numerical rating scale (NRS)
Morphine consumption	Over the first 3 postoperative days	Morphine consumption in mg
Frequency of administration of non-morphine analgesics	At rest over the first 3 days postoperatively	Frequency of administration of non-morphine analgesics
Frequency of administration of regional anaesthesia	At rest over the first 3 days postoperatively	Frequency of administration of regional anaesthesia
Frequency of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV)	At rest over the first 3 days postoperatively	Frequency of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV)

Countries

France

Outcome results