Dexmedetomidine for Prevention of Chronic Postoperative Pain

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2018-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Chronic postoperative pain (CPSP) is common symptom in patients after surgery, seriously affected the quality of life. Accumulating evidences have demonstrated dexmedetomidine can improve chronic pain. However, the prevention of dexmedetomidine on CPSP remain uncertain.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Zhongda Hospital
• Treatments: Dexmedetomidine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients must have been 18 to 65 yr old, and been scheduled for breast or thoracic surgery.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with limitations of self-expression or visual dysfunction or having emergency surgery, a severe psychiatric illness, or chronic pain problems in the chest area for longer than 2 months before the surgery,or patients who could not provide informed consent were excluded.

• Pregnant women and prisoners were also excluded.