Cesarean Delivery and Post-operative Pain Management With Local Anesthesia
Primary Purpose
Pain, Postoperative
Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 2
Locations
United States
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
.5% bupivacaine with epinephrine
Sponsored by
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Pain, Postoperative focused on measuring Cesarean Delivery, Post-operative, Pain, Local Anesthetic
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Pregnant Women with scheduled cesarean delivery able to perform informed consent Exclusion Criteria: Labor chronic pain allergic to local anesthetic unable to perform informed consent
Sites / Locations
- Tampa General Hospital
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
1. Decreased post-op pain
2. Decreased post-op narcotic use
Secondary Outcome Measures
improved hospital stay satisfaction
Full Information
NCT ID
NCT00298571
First Posted
February 28, 2006
Last Updated
June 14, 2012
Sponsor
University of South Florida
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT00298571
Brief Title
Cesarean Delivery and Post-operative Pain Management With Local Anesthesia
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
February 2006
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
February 2006 (undefined)
Primary Completion Date
undefined (undefined)
Study Completion Date
October 2007 (Actual)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Responsible Party, by Official Title
Sponsor
Name of the Sponsor
University of South Florida
4. Oversight
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
The use of .5% Bupivacaine with epinephrine at the time of skin closure in cesarean deliveries will decrease post-op pain.
Detailed Description
RESEARCH PROTOCOL
Title: Cesarean Delivery and Postoperative Pain Management with Local Anesthesia
Investigators: Aaron Deutsch, MD, Principal Investigator Shelly Holmstrom, MD
Abstract:
Pain control has become a more prominent clinical issue. Typically, a patient undergoing a Cesarean delivery is administered spinal anesthesia just prior to the surgery.
Postoperative pain is managed with intravenous (IV) narcotics using a patient controlled anesthesia (PCA) pump device. Once the patient can tolerate oral medications, the PCA pump is discontinued and the patient uses oral narcotic medications for pain control.
Research has shown that injecting a local anesthetic in the subcutaneous tissue along the incision can reduce postoperative pain. The objective of this study is randomly assign patients to receive a local anesthetic or normal saline in the tissues surrounding the incision and to study the amount of pain experienced postoperatively in these groups of patients. Our hypothesis is that the patients receiving the local anesthesia along their incision will have significantly less pain postoperatively and use less narcotic medications.
Objectives:
Primary: To decrease postoperative pain in women undergoing Cesarean delivery Secondary: To decrease narcotic use, potentially decrease hospital length of stay, and increase patient satisfaction
Background, Study Rationale and Significance:
Local anesthesia injected at the incision site fro reduced postoperative pain has been studied in other abdominal surgeries. The research has demonstrated the effectiveness of this technique for reduced postoperative pain. One journal article describes a technique similar to the proposed research project1. However, this article did not show any significant difference in the postoperative pain following bupivacaine or normal saline injection of the skin. The authors' conclusion for this lack of significance was due to their facility's high quality analgesia via supplemental subarachnoid morphine.
Numerous other authors have demonstrated the effectiveness of using local anesthesia at incision sites for reducing pain postoperatively2-4. The proposed research project has the potential to decrease pain postoperatively, decrease hospital length of stay and increase patient satisfaction for one of the most common surgeries in the United States of America.
Rajakulendran Y, Chan A. "The Effect of Postoperative Skin Infiltration with Bupivacaine on Postoperative Pain Following Cesarean Section under Spinal Anesthesia." International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia. Oct 1994;Vol 3(4):199-202
Einarsson JI, Sun J, Orav J, Young A. "Local Anesthesia in Laparoscopy: A Randomized Trial." Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dec 2004; 104:1335-9.
Lohsiriwat V, Lert-akyamanee N, Rushatamukayanunt W. "Efficacy of Pre-incisional Bupivacaine Infiltration on Postoperative Pain relief after Appendectomy: Prospective Double-Blind Randomized Trial. World Journal of Surgery. 2004 Oct; 28(10):947-50.
Khaira HS, Wolf JS Jr. "Intraoperative Local Anesthesia Decreases Postoperative Parental Opioid Requirements fro Transperitoneal Laparoscopic Renal and Adrenal Surgery: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled Investigation. Journal of Urology. 2004 Oct; 172(4 Pt1):1422-6.
Study Population:
Patients currently undergoing a repeat Cesarean delivery with a history of a previous Cesarean delivery through a Pfannenstiel skin incision will be eligible to enroll in this study. All ages and races will be eligible. Exclusion criteria include patients with a primary Cesarean delivery, prior vertical skin incision or an allergy to bupivacaine. The projected sample size required for this study is 100 (50 patients in each arm).
Study Procedures
Research Plan:
This study is a randomized double blind placebo controlled trial. Patients will be randomized to either the bupivacaine or placebo (normal saline) group. An opaque envelope will contain a slip of paper indicating which fluid is to be injected. The anesthesiologist will open the envelope during the surgery and prepare 30 ml of the study drug. The patients will have their incision site injected with either the bupivacaine or normal saline at the completion of the surgery. The patients will be asked to assess their level of pain following the surgery on postoperative days 0, 1, 2 and 3 using a visual analog scale (VAS).
Expected results:
The hypothesis is that the patients receiving the bupivacaine injection will experience significantly less postoperative pain and use significantly less IV and oral narcotic medications.
Human Subject Issues
there are minimal to no additional risks to the patients in this study. Bupivacaine is a time proven safe drug (barring patient not allergic) and our dose will be far below toxicity levels. There are no social risks or risks of confidentiality as patients will not be personally identified in the study.
benefits: the benefits to the patient would be a higher satisfaction due to better pain control. Additionally, patients may require less narcotics post-operatively and a potentially shorter hospital stay.
patient information will be kept track of via name and med rec number for chart review after study completion to assess all data. This info will be limited to only the primary investigators.
of note the fetus will be delivered prior to the time of anesthetic administration, so they will not be exposed.
Informed Consent Informed consent will be obtained at the time of consent for cesarian delivery. The resident obtaining consent will also obtain the research consent. This will consist of explaining that the patient may receive either a local anesthetic or placebo to help assess better post-op pain control. Possible benefits will be explained along with minimal risks- no more than normal for a cesarian delivery.
The consent process will be available in Spanish and English when applicable.
Statistical Plan
sample size/power analysis: statistical power for the study to show a statistical difference was calculated to approx 33 patients in each arm- we will extend to 50.
statistical analysis:
Data Forms and Questionaire (see attached)
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Pain, Postoperative
Keywords
Cesarean Delivery, Post-operative, Pain, Local Anesthetic
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Study Phase
Phase 2, Phase 3
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
Double
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
100 (Anticipated)
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Intervention Type
Drug
Intervention Name(s)
.5% bupivacaine with epinephrine
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
1. Decreased post-op pain
Title
2. Decreased post-op narcotic use
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
improved hospital stay satisfaction
10. Eligibility
Sex
Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Pregnant Women with scheduled cesarean delivery
able to perform informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
Labor
chronic pain
allergic to local anesthetic
unable to perform informed consent
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Shelly Holmstrom, MD
Organizational Affiliation
USF Department OB/Gyn
Official's Role
Study Director
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Tampa General Hospital
City
Tampa
State/Province
Florida
ZIP/Postal Code
33606
Country
United States
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