On-Q Pump vs Epidural for Postoperative Pain Control in Children

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03496259

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Official title

On-Q Pump vs Epidural for Postoperative Pain Control in Children Undergoing Oncologic Surgery

Brief summary

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Open abdominal and pelvic surgery or thoracotomy (open chest surgery) is frequently performed for tumor excision in children. Post-operative pain management regimens are often at the discretions of the attending surgeon and may include opiods, patient administered analgesia (PCA), epidural catheters, subcutaneous analgesia catheters or NSAIDS to control incisional pain. Currently, both epidural or subcutaneous analgesia catheters (On-Q pumps) are commonly used for children undergoing these operations, at the discretion of the surgeon. There are no studies comparing these regimens in children. The purpose of this study is to compare postoperative pain control of the two strategies.

Study identification

NCT ID: NCT03496259
Recruitment status: Terminated
Study type: Interventional
Phase: Not applicable
Lead sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine; Other
Enrollment: 32 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Postoperative Pain

Interventions

On-Q pump Device
Epidural catheter Device

Device

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range: 3 Months to 18 Years
Sex: All
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date: Sep 1, 2018 (Actual)
Primary completion: Jun 1, 2021 (Actual)
Completion: Dec 1, 2021 (Actual)
Last update posted: Feb 3, 2022

2018 – 2021

United States locations

U.S. sites: 1
U.S. states: 1
U.S. cities: 1

Facility	City	State	ZIP	Site status
Texas Children's Hospital	Houston	Texas	77005	—

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