Efficacy Study of Ketamine for Postoperative Pain in Opioid Dependent Patients
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2012-06-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Patients who are dependent on opioids often have poor pain relief after major surgery. This
study tests the hypothesis that adding intravenous ketamine to a postoperative regimen of
intravenous opioids for postoperative pain will improve pain relief in this subset of
patients.