Does Peri-Operative Gabapentin Reduce Chronic Post-Thoracotomy Pain?

• Status: Withdrawn
• Trial end date: 2011-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The primary objective of this study is to determine if gabapentin can decrease or prevent chronic post-thoracotomy pain.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Kansas Medical Center
• Collaborators: Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.; Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St Francis Campus; Wichita Medical Research & Education Foundation; Wichita Medical Research and Education Foundation
• Treatments: Gabapentin; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years or older

• Undergoing non-cardiac thoracic surgeries

• Patients determined to have impaired decisional capacity with respect to the provision of informed consent or prisoners will not be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Current gabapentin use or current treatment for neuropathic pain.

• Pregnant or considering becoming pregnant.