Effects of Calot's Triangle Block for Postoperative Analgesia in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: a Prospective, Randomized, Double-blind, Controlled, Clinical Trial

NCT ID: NCT02300480

Last Updated: 2014-11-26

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

140 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-12-31

Study Completion Date

2015-11-30

Brief Summary

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Chronic pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is a common complication with an incidence ranging between 3-56%. In many cases, however, the cause chronic pain after LC remains unknown and visceral hyperalgesia and central sensitization have been suggested to be part of the pathophysiology. So the purpose of this study is to determine whether Calot's Triangle Block (CTB) combined with patient controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) is superior to PCIA in reducing the incidence of chronic pain after LC.

Detailed Description

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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is currently regarded as the gold standard treatment for symptomatic gallstone disease. Compared with open cholecystectomy, LC benefits include less postoperative pain, reduced analgesic consumption, and earlier discharge. However, besides the advantages mentioned above, there are exist complexity and diversity of the acute pain after LC, which consists of a somatic, a visceral and a referred pain component. Meanwhile, our team also found many LC patients experience visceral pain after surgery. According to epidemic research show that chronic pain after LC is a common complication with an incidence ranging between 3-56%. Several reports have indicated that early postoperative pain has been shown to be a significant risk factor of chronic pain. In many cases, however, the cause chronic pain after LC remains unknown and visceral hyperalgesia and central sensitizationhave been suggested to be part of the pathophysiology. To reduce the incidence of chronic pain after LC, so we conduct the randomized controlled trial to investigate whether calot's triangle block combined with PCIA is superior to PCIA in reducing the incidence of chronic pain after LC.

This study was approved by the institutional review board of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University. The protocol design is in accordance with Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement. All potentially eligible participants will be asked to give written informed consent before they are enrolled in this study. This study is a prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial guided by the standard of good clinical practice (GCP), and eligible participants are divided into two groups: group CTB and group PCIA, and primary assess the outcomes of the incidence of chronic pain after LC and the intensity of acute pain after LC.

Participants in group CTB will receive a single injection of ropivacaine in calot's triangle before surgical dissection combined with PCIA post-operatively.

Participants in group PCIA will receive a single injection in calot's triangle with normal saline before surgical dissection and PCIA post-operatively.

The primary outcome of this study is the incidence of chronic pain after LC.

The secondary outcomes of this study are acute post-operative pain, moderate-severe pain, rescue medication and adverse events associated with the post-operative analgesia.

This study will be conducted under the supervision of an independent auditor. Every week, the auditor checked the data of the participants the day after the surgery was conducted. Assessment of pain intensity and prognostic outcomes must be confirmed by the auditor in sample population. When there is disagreement between surgeon and anesthesiologists in evaluating the prognosis of patients, the auditor must solve this disagreement by discussion with evaluators. Data will be double-entered by two statisticians with limitation of access and locked during statistical analysis.

Conditions

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Post-operative Pain Gallstone Disease

Keywords

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pain calot's triangle local block analgesia patient controlled intravenous analgesia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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CTB group

Participants in this group will receive a single injection for calot's triangle block combined with PCIA post-operatively. CTB will be conducted by bile duct needle and 1.0% 10 ml ropivacaine will be injection in calot's triangle when before surgical dissection.Participants in this group will also receive PCIA after surgery,the regimens of PCIA are included tramadol 800 mg, flurbiprofenaxetil 100 mg with normal saline added up to a volume of 80 ml in total.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

CTB group

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

CTB: A single injection of 1.0% 10ml ropivacaine by bile duct needle in calot's triangle when before surgical dissection.After surgery,participants in this group will also receive PCIA.

PCIA group

Participants in this group will receive PCIA post-operatively (tramadol 800 mg and flurbiprofen axetil 100mg with normal saline added up to a volume of 80ml in total ) .The PCIA pump was set up with a 5 ml loading dose, a 2 ml bolus dose, a 15 min lockout interval and background infusion at a rate of 1 ml/h.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

PCIA group

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

The formula of the PCIA included tramadol 800 mg, flurbiprofen axetil 100mg with saline added up to a volume of 80 ml in total. The PCIA pump was set up with a 5 ml loading dose, a 2 ml bolus dose, a 15 min lockout interval and background infusion at a rate of 1 ml/h.

Interventions

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CTB group

CTB: A single injection of 1.0% 10ml ropivacaine by bile duct needle in calot's triangle when before surgical dissection.After surgery,participants in this group will also receive PCIA.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

PCIA group

The formula of the PCIA included tramadol 800 mg, flurbiprofen axetil 100mg with saline added up to a volume of 80 ml in total. The PCIA pump was set up with a 5 ml loading dose, a 2 ml bolus dose, a 15 min lockout interval and background infusion at a rate of 1 ml/h.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* men or woman over 18 the years and younger than 65 years old who will receive selective laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Exclusion Criteria

* age below 18 years or over 65 years
* American Society of Anesthesiologists grade III or greater
* Diabetes
* chronic pain of any kind other than gallbladder disease
* allergic to local anesthetics
* cognitive impairment or communication problems
* peptic ulcer
* received opioids、NSAID or tranquilizers (treatment for over 1 wk before the cholecystectomy)
* history of alcohol or drug abuse
* the operation was converted to an open procedure
* gangrenous cholecystitis
* common bile duct exploration or insertion of a T-drain
* other invasive procedures
* severe hepatic or renal impairment
* post-operative severe complications(e.g. pyogenic infection)
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Min Su

The Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Su Min, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University

Locations

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China,Chongqing The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University

Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality, China

Site Status

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Dong Zhang, Master

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +86-23-89011061

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Su Min, MD

Role: primary

Dong Zhang, Master

Role: backup

References

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Other Identifiers

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CYYYMZ-005

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id