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Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs in Pleurodesis

Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs in Pleurodesis Surgery for Pneumothorax

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06731647
Acronym
KETOTHORAX
Enrollment
358
Registered
2024-12-12
Start date
2025-02-01
Completion date
2028-11-30
Last updated
2025-03-19

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Conditions

Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs, Pain Management, Pleurodesis, Pneumothorax

Keywords

non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, pleurodesis, pneumothorax, pain management

Brief summary

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are recommended in a multimodal pain management to reduce pain intensity and to spare opioid use. However, there is a controversy in its use in pleurodesis surgery as it could block the process of pleurodesis in surgical pneumothorax. In addition, NSAIDs could increase the risk of pneumothorax recurrence. The investigators hypothesized that NSAIDs are safe during pleurodesis with a better pain management without increasing the risk of pneumothorax reccurence.

Interventions

PROCEDUREpleurodesis procedures

All pleurodesis procedures will be conducted with a general anesthesia. The choice of hypnotic, analgesic and neuromuscular drugs will be at the discretion of the physician. Selective orotracheal intubation will be done for all patients with a double lumen tube or a blocker according to centers habits. Regional anesthesia (serratus block, paravertebral block and erector spinae block) will be allowed and chosen at the discretion of the physician. Multimodal pain management will be allowed with the use dexamethasone, ketamine and antinociceptive drugs (nefopam, tramadol, paracetamol at the discretion of the physician. After the surgical procedure, the pleural production of liquid or air will be monitored with a chest tube connected to pleural drainage device according to centers habits. Pain will be monitored with during the hospital stay every 12 h using the pain rate scale graded from 0 to 10. Neuropathic pain will be screened at 48h, 1 months, 6 months and 1 year after the inclusion

one intravenous dose of ketoprofen 100 mg followed by 5 doses every 12 h of ketoprofen LP 100 mg (a total regimen of 6 doses of ketoprofen every 12 h for 72h)

DRUGPlacebo

placebo of ketoprofen with the schema of administration consisting in the administration of one intravenous dose of 100 ml of NaCl 0.9% following 6 oral intakes of a placebo pill every 12h (a total regimen of 6 doses of placebo of NSAID every 12 h for 72h)

Sponsors

Centre Hospitalier VALENCIENNES
CollaboratorOTHER
Clinique Victor Pauchet
CollaboratorOTHER
University Hospital, Rouen
CollaboratorOTHER
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Caregiver)

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Age≥18-year-old * pneumothorax with an indication of pleurodesis * with or without minimal lung resection * via thoracotomy or thoracoscopy

Exclusion criteria

* Minor patient * Pregnant, parturient or breast-feeding patient * Severe polytrauma (associated with the presence of a Vittel criterion) * Purulent pleurisy * Hemopneumothorax * Lactose hyper sensibility * Contraindications to NSAID * Contraindications to tramadol * Contraindications to paracetamol * Curative anticoagulation * Patients under guardians or deprived of their liberty * Patient refusal

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
duration of pleural drainagefrom the time of orotracheal extubation to the time of pleural tube removeduration of pleural drainage from the time of orotracheal extubation to the time of pleural tube remove recorded in hours.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
postoperative painat 72 hourspostoperative pain during the first 72h after surgery assessed by the numeric rating scale (NRS) every 12 h. Pain is defined by an NRS\>3 out of 10
cumulative postoperative opioid equivalent doseat 72 hourscumulative postoperative opioid equivalent dose (tramadol, morphine, oxycodone) recorded in milligram and during the first 72h after surgery
Postoperative pneumonia occurenceFrom enrollment to the end of hospital stay, up to 6 monthsPostoperative pneumonia during hospital stay
Length of hospital stayFrom enrollment to the end of hospital stay, up to 6 monthsLength of hospital stay in days
homolateral or contralateral recurrence in spontaneous pneumothoraxat 1monthScreen in homolateral or contralateral recurrence in spontaneous pneumothorax at 1month

Countries

France

Contacts

Primary ContactFlorent LEVIEL, MD
leviel.florent@chu-amiens.fr33 3 22 08 91 09

Outcome results

None listed

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