Sublingual Sufentanil Tablet System (SSTS) Versus Intravenous Patient Controlled Analgesia After Back Surgery.

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2019-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

In this study, numeric rating scale (NRS) and side effects are measured after usage of a sublingual sufentanil tablet system (SSTS) in comparison to intravenous patient controlled analgesia (PCIA).

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Antwerp
• Collaborator: Universiteit Antwerpen
• Treatments: Sufentanil

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• scheduled elective laminectomy or spinal fusion

• American Society Anesthesiology Classification system (ASA) I-III

Exclusion Criteria:

• chronic opioid use (>3 months)

• pregnancy

• obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

• supplemental oxygen therapy at home

• postoperative use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory or anti-neuropathic drugs