Clinical Trial to Examine Individual Pain Tolerance in the Use of Two Anesthetic Techniques to Perform Saturation Prostate Biopsy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-01-24
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

To assess the effectiveness of two anesthetic techniques by measuring the pain through visual analog scale (VAS), to obtain saturation prostate biopsies.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Ketamine; Mepivacaine; Midazolam

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male patient

• Persistence of suspected prostate cancer by altering the prostatic specific antigen and / or digital rectal examination.

• Two previous negative prostate biopsies .

• Age < 75 years.

• Signature of informed consent to perform prostate biopsy.

• Signature of informed consent for the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age > 75 years.

• Absence of consent or refusal to the study .

• Presence of prostate cancer in previous biopsy observation .

• Medical-surgical patient's problems, absolutely contraindicating biopsy under local anesthesia.

• Presence of any allergies to medications involved in the study .

• Patient's clinical situation that does not allow an outpatient operation and aftercare required .

• Medical condition of the patient, preventing the realization of outpatient biopsy.

• No companion.