Pain Management Study

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2023-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study aims to better understand the role that narcotic vs. non-narcotic multimodal pain management play in patients' pain following bariatric surgery (Laproscopic Surgery and Robotic Assisted Surgery). Participation in this study will last approximately 90 days following surgery. During that 90 day period, participants will be asked to report pain and nausea every 4 hours to a study coordinator or nurse while they are recovering in the hospital. Following discharge from the hospital patients will be asked to report pain, nausea, and any medical changes 7 days, 30 days, and 90 days from surgical date.

The procedures and medications used in this study are FDA approved medical therapies and are part of Standard of Care for this population. This study aims to therapeutically investigate efficacy of the proposed pain management regimens. The procedures and individual medications are not the subject of research as they are considered routine well established and documented interventions for obesity and the treatment of post operative pain.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Arizona
• Treatments: Narcotics

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Laparoscopic or Robotic Sleeve Gastrectomy bariatric surgery scheduled electively from the BUMCP Bariatric Clinic

• BMI>35kg/m2

• Patient of Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator

• 18 years or older

Exclusion Criteria:

• Chronic Pain Management on narcotics at New Patient visit or placed on narcotics prior to surgery

• Re-operative bariatric surgery procedures

• Admitted to the ICU after surgery

• Unable to walk 200ft

• Allergic to narcotics, steroids, or other medications used in the protocol

• Use of insulin to treat diabetes

• Chronic Kidney Disease - stage 4 or greater

• Significant hepatic disease

• Carries a diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension

• Carries a diagnosis of Congestive Heart Failure

• Pregnant