Effectiveness of Intrathecal Nalbuphine as an Adjuvant to Subarachnoid Block on Postoperative Analgesia in Patients Undergoing Transurethral Resection of the Prostate

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2025-04-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare pain after surgery in patients undergoing Transurethral Resection of Prostate. The main question it aims to answer are: Intrathecal nalbuphine as an adjuvant to local anesthetic will better provide pain relief after TURP surgery.

Participants will be given a combination of nalbuphine and local anesthetic when getting a spinal block. Researchers will compare control group, given look-alike solution that contains no active drug to see if nalbuphine will better provide pain relief after surgery.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Chulalongkorn University
• Treatments: Nalbuphine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-III

• Be candidates for regional anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

• Allergy to study medications or hypersensitive to local anesthetics

• Contraindicated for neuraxial anesthesia

• History of opioid abuse

• Cognitive impairment