Methadone and Quality of Postoperative Recovery
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Brief summary
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Patients undergoing cardiac surgery often experience moderate to severe pain in the early postoperative period. A number of methods have been used to help control pain after surgery; however, each of these techniques adds additional costs and risks. A simple and effective way to decrease this pain is to administer a long-acting opioid in the operating room. Methadone is a opioid that can produce analgesia (pain relief) that lasts up to 48 hours when given in large doses (0.3 to 0.4 mg/kg). Previous studies have demonstrated that both pain and requirements for analgesic medications are significantly reduced for up to three days after surgery if methadone is given at induction (the start) of anesthesia. In the study that was performed at Evanston Hospital, cardiac surgical patients who were given methadone also appeared to "feel better" after surgery compared to those given a standard or typical intraoperative opioid. The aim of this randomized clinical trial is to determine whether overall quality of postoperative recovery can be enhanced if methadone is given in the operating room. Quality of recovery will be determined by using a validated scoring system, the QoR 40, which will be given to patients to complete on the first three days after surgery.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03168958
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Enrollment
- 130 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 90 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Dec 24, 2018
- Primary completion
- May 24, 2021
- Completion
- Jul 24, 2021
- Last update posted
- Aug 23, 2020
2018 – 2021
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NorthShore University HealthSystem | Evanston | Illinois | 60201 | Recruiting |
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