The Use Of Liposomal Bupivacaine For Pain Control

NCT ID: NCT03722927

Last Updated: 2022-10-27

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

3 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-06-14

Study Completion Date

2020-01-29

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this research study is to determine how well the local anesthetic, liposomal bupivacaine, controls postoperative pain after mastectomy and breast reconstruction.

Detailed Description

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Eligible subjects will be identified prior to surgery. On the day of surgery, each patient will be randomized to be in either Local infiltration of bupivacaine OR liposomal bupivacaine. Study will be double blinded to patients and Investigators. Patients assigned to the local infiltration with bupivacaine group will receive a total 60 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine with 30 ml delivered to each breast. Patients assigned to the local infiltration of liposomal bupivacaine will receive a total of 20 ml liposomal bupivacaine (266 mg) with 10 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine and 30 ml of 0.9% sodium chloride. These injections will occur at the end of the mastectomy and prior to the insertion of the tissue expander implant. After this intraoperative injection, patients will not receive any more doses of local anesthetics.

Conditions

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Pain, Breast

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Women of all races and ethnicity who meet the above-described eligibility criteria are eligible to participate in this study. Approximately 5% of study participants to be Hispanic/Latino (N=5), 10% Black or African American (N=10), 1% American Indian/Alaska Native (N=1), and 5% Asian (N=5).
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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Bupivacaine Group

Participants will be randomized to the Bupivacaine Group and receive a bilateral mastectomy with immediate implant based breast reconstruction

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Bupivacaine

Intervention Type DRUG

While in the operating room,if subject is randomized to bupivacaine, it will be injected into the surgical site. After surgery, oral and IV pain medications will be available to control pain. During the hospital stay, subject will rate pain on pain scales and monitor how much pain medications needed. Once discharged, PI/staff will provide a pain diary to record pain medication use and pain rating (0-10). Subjects will follow up with clinic at regularly scheduled appointment times at 1 week, 3 weeks and 5 weeks postoperatively. At those appointments, PI/staff will have subjects bring pain medication diary and fill out a pain assessment and a disability assessment related to recent surgery.

Liposomal Bupivacaine Group

Participants will be randomized to the Liposomal Bupivacaine Group and receive a bilateral mastectomy with immediate implant based breast reconstruction

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Liposomal Bupivacaine

Intervention Type DRUG

While in the operating room,if subject is randomized to Liposomal Bupivacaine, it will be injected into the surgical site. After surgery, oral and IV pain medications will be available to control pain. During the hospital stay, subject will rate pain on pain scales and monitor how much pain medications needed. Once discharged, PI/staff will provide a pain diary to record pain medication use and pain rating (0-10). Subjects will follow up with clinic at regularly scheduled appointment times at 1 week, 3 weeks and 5 weeks postoperatively. At those appointments, PI/staff will have subjects bring pain medication diary and fill out a pain assessment and a disability assessment related to recent surgery.

Interventions

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Bupivacaine

While in the operating room,if subject is randomized to bupivacaine, it will be injected into the surgical site. After surgery, oral and IV pain medications will be available to control pain. During the hospital stay, subject will rate pain on pain scales and monitor how much pain medications needed. Once discharged, PI/staff will provide a pain diary to record pain medication use and pain rating (0-10). Subjects will follow up with clinic at regularly scheduled appointment times at 1 week, 3 weeks and 5 weeks postoperatively. At those appointments, PI/staff will have subjects bring pain medication diary and fill out a pain assessment and a disability assessment related to recent surgery.

Intervention Type DRUG

Liposomal Bupivacaine

While in the operating room,if subject is randomized to Liposomal Bupivacaine, it will be injected into the surgical site. After surgery, oral and IV pain medications will be available to control pain. During the hospital stay, subject will rate pain on pain scales and monitor how much pain medications needed. Once discharged, PI/staff will provide a pain diary to record pain medication use and pain rating (0-10). Subjects will follow up with clinic at regularly scheduled appointment times at 1 week, 3 weeks and 5 weeks postoperatively. At those appointments, PI/staff will have subjects bring pain medication diary and fill out a pain assessment and a disability assessment related to recent surgery.

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Marcaine Exparel

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All patients who receive a bilateral mastectomy with immediate sub-pectoral implant based breast reconstruction
* Age ≥ 18 years
* Ability to understand and the willingness to sign an (Institutional Review Board) IRB-approved informed consent document.
* Patients who receive tissue expander placement or direct permanent implant placement will be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients who receive an autologous tissue reconstruction.
* Patients who receive a unilateral reconstruction.
* Patients who are expected to undergo axillary lymph node dissection
* Patients who have undergone breast irradiation
* Patients who abuse narcotics or have chronic pain (using greater than 40 mg equivalents of oxycodone per day)
* Patients who are wards of the state
* History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to bupivacaine or liposomal bupivacaine.
* Pregnant women are excluded from this study because pregnancy precluded immediate breast reconstruction in our patient population.
* Patients who weigh less than 50 kg, as there can be dose related toxicities of the bupivacaine dosing used n this study.
* Patients with moderate-severe hepatic or renal impairment because of the increased risk of toxicity.
* Patients receiving bilateral mastectomy with immediate pre-pectoral implant based reconstruction
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Wake Forest University Health Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Christopher M Runyan, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Locations

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Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

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Other Identifiers

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IRB00045562

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