Postoperative Pain Control Following Renal Transplant

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2024-03-16
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study aims to compare the effectiveness of a regional anesthetic block vs systemic intravenous (IV) lidocaine in controlling post-operative pain in kidney transplantation patients. Regional anesthetic blocks and lidocaine infusions are effective alternatives to opioid medications and are already in use at many institutions. However, there has been no prospective study comparing their effectiveness when used in conjunction with the current standard of care patient controlled analgesia (PCA) pumps. This study is a prospective, randomized evaluation of both treatment methods.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: George Washington University
• Treatments: Lidocaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Unilateral renal transplant

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of chronic pain, chronic opioid use, or opioid use disorder

• Cardiac arrythmia, cardiac failure

• Hepatic Failure

• Local anesthetic allergy (allergy to lidocaine and ropivacaine)

• Complicated surgical course including intraoperative damage to other organs (bowel)

• Return to operating room within 72hours