Perioperative Use of Gabapentin To Decrease Narcotic Requirements in Spinal Fusion
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2009-05-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Blinded study using oral gabapentin in load pre-operative (15mg/kg) and maintenance 5mg/kg
three times a day (TID) for 5 days or discharge, Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) morphine
and placebo group with similar pills, also PCA morphine. The goal is to measure morphine
usage and incidence of morphine side effects (pruritis, days foley, days to first stool,
sedation, pain scores, PCA use).
Phase:
N/A
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Medical College of Wisconsin
Collaborator:
Children's Hospital and Health System Foundation, Wisconsin