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Does gabapentin reduce postoperative opioid analgesic requirements in pediatric open heart surgery?

Does gabapentin reduce postoperative opioid analgesic requirements in pediatric open heart surgery?

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
PACTR
Registry ID
PACTR202004795873163
Enrollment
50
Registered
2020-04-16
Start date
2020-03-15
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-01-27

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Conditions

Paediatrics Cardiology Anaesthesia

Interventions

Sponsors

Mansoura university children hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: the study will be conducted on (50) patients of either sex with their age ranging from 3to 12 years who will be planned to undergo elective correction of congenital heart diseases using cardiopulmonary bypass.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients will be excluded from the current study in case of refusal of their guardians, redo cardiac surgery, hypersensitivity to gabapentin, coagulation disorders, renal, hepatic or pulmonary disease, heart failure and moderate to severe pulmonary hypertension.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1-Total dose of postoperative fentanyl consumption during the postoperative 48 hours. 2- Post operative pain that will be assessed at 1h, 2h, 6h, 12h, 18 h, 24 h, 36 h,48 h after extubation, and will be managed according to objective pain discomfort score(OPDS) in children.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1-Heart rate [HR] and invasive mean arterial blood pressure [MAP] will be recorded; before induction of anesthesia (basal value), after induction of anesthesia, after skin incision, after sternotomy, 15 min after CPB and after the closure of sternum. 2-Total dose of intra operative fentanyl requirements (ug/kg). 3-Aortic cross clamping time (minutes). 4-Cardiopulmonary bypass time (minutes). 5-Time to extubation (hours). 6-Time of first rescue analgesia 7- Intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay. 8-Postoperative complications (the need for re-intubation, nausea and vomiting, pruritus, respiratory depression and neurological deficits) will be reported.

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public ContactIbrahim Abd Elbaser Abd Elbaser

Lecturer of Anesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care at faculty of medicine Mansoura University

ibrahimbaser2010@yahoo.com+201004976825

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026