Postoperative Pain Management of Caesarean Section

NCT ID: NCT05009771

Last Updated: 2025-05-09

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-02-23

Study Completion Date

2026-07-31

Brief Summary

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Caesarean section is one of the most frequent surgeries causing severe postoperative pain. Poor management of acute pain can contribute to postoperative complications, late recovery and the development of chronic pain. Moreover, it had been demonstrated that the intensity of postpartum pain is associated with depression. It is imperative to find out appropriate methods of postpartum pain alleviation. Currently, a lot of analgesic drugs and methods have been developed and used in clinical practice, such as patient-controlled analgesia, extended-release analgesics and multimodal analgesia. This prospective cohort study is aimed to investigate the outcome of each postoperative analgesic method used in caesarean section.

Detailed Description

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This is a prospective, observational, cohort study. Patients undergoing elective caesarean section will be invited to the study. The written informed consent will be obtained prior to participation. After getting the written informed consent, data will be collected from medical records, questionnaires, patient diaries, visit records and telephone visit records. Through telephone visits, postpartum depression scale and postpartum chronic pain will be evaluated six weeks and three months after delivery. Demographic data, consumption of analgesics, analgesic methods, intensity of postoperative pain, complications, recovery time, score of depression scale will all be summarized. Numerical variables will be present with mean and standard deviation and categorical variables will be present with number and percentage.

Conditions

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Postoperative Pain Caesarean Section Analgesia

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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IV-PCA + NALDEBAIN group

Patients treated with the combination of IV-PCA and intramuscular injection of dinalbuphine sebacate will be allocated to IV-PCA + NALDEBAIN group.

Intravenous patient-control analgesia

Intervention Type DRUG

At the two trial sites, IV-PCA is commonly used with morphine. The device is installed after delivery and removed within 3 days.

Dinalbuphine sebacate

Intervention Type DRUG

Dinalbuphine sebacate is a prodrug of nalbuphine. With oil-based formulation, the active ingredient releases slowly and the effect lasts longer than nalbuphine. After delivery, a single 150 mg dose of dinalbuphine sebacate is administered intramuscularly.

IV-PCA group

Patients receiving intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV-PCA) will be allocated to IV-PCA group.

Intravenous patient-control analgesia

Intervention Type DRUG

At the two trial sites, IV-PCA is commonly used with morphine. The device is installed after delivery and removed within 3 days.

Interventions

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Intravenous patient-control analgesia

At the two trial sites, IV-PCA is commonly used with morphine. The device is installed after delivery and removed within 3 days.

Intervention Type DRUG

Dinalbuphine sebacate

Dinalbuphine sebacate is a prodrug of nalbuphine. With oil-based formulation, the active ingredient releases slowly and the effect lasts longer than nalbuphine. After delivery, a single 150 mg dose of dinalbuphine sebacate is administered intramuscularly.

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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IV-PCA NALDEBAIN

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged 20 to 40.
2. Planing to undergo caesarean section with spinal anesthesia.
3. Scheduled to undergo cesarean section between 37 and 40 weeks of gestation.
4. American Society of Anesthesiology Physical Class 1-2.
5. Planing to alleviate postoperative pain with intravenous patient-controlled analgesia or administration of NALDEBAIN.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Not willing to provide informed consent.
2. Unable to receive opioids or NSAIDs due to contraindication.
3. Long-term use of opioids or drug abuse.
4. Suffering from chronic pain disease.
5. Having medical history of mental illnesses.
6. Diagnosed with Pre-eclampsia or eclampsia.
7. Diagnosed with gestational diabetes.
8. Unsuitable for participation judged by investigator.
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Mackay Memorial Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Chi-Hsu Wang

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Chi-Hsu Wang, M.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

MacKay Memorial Hospital Tamsui Branch

Locations

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MacKay Memorial Hospital Tamsui Branch

New Taipei City, Taiwan, Taiwan

Site Status RECRUITING

MacKay Memorial Hospital

Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Countries

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Taiwan

Central Contacts

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Chi-Hsu Wang, M.D.

Role: CONTACT

+886-2-2809-4661 ext. 5504876

Facility Contacts

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Chi-Hsu Wang, M.D.

Role: primary

+886-2-2809-4661 ext. 5504876

Cheng-Yeon Teong, M.D.

Role: primary

+886-2-2543-3535 ext. 5504805

Other Identifiers

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21MMHIS203e

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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