Chronic Pain After Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) Surgery for Pneumothorax

This study has been terminated.
(unable to recruit)
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
Rigshospitalet, Denmark
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00969423
First received: August 31, 2009
Last updated: August 17, 2011
Last verified: August 2011

August 31, 2009
August 17, 2011
October 2009
December 2011   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
  • QST score [ Time Frame: 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Post surgical pain [ Time Frame: 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Same as current
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Patient related factors, depression, coping etc. [ Time Frame: 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Same as current
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Chronic Pain After Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) Surgery for Pneumothorax
Chronic Pain After VATS Surgery for Pneumothorax

The study will investigate characteristics of chronic pain after VATS surgery with two different sizes of videoscopic equipment.

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Interventional
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Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Pneumothorax
  • Device: 5mm videoscope
    use of 5mm videoscope
  • Device: 10mm videoscope
    use of 10mm videoscope
  • Experimental: 5 mm equipment
    5 mm videoscopic equipment
    Intervention: Device: 5mm videoscope
  • Experimental: 10 mm
    Use of standard 10 mm VATS equipment
    Intervention: Device: 10mm videoscope
Wildgaard K, Ravn J, Kehlet H. Chronic post-thoracotomy pain: a critical review of pathogenic mechanisms and strategies for prevention. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2009 Mar 21; [Epub ahead of print]

*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
Terminated
10
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December 2011   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Inclusion Criteria:

  • PSP
  • Able to understand and give consent
  • Can read
  • Residing in Denmark

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Unable to understand the written information in Danish
  • Abuse (Medicine, Drugs, Alcohol)
  • Severe psychiatric Illness
  • Conflicting neurological disease
  • Conversion to open surgery
  • Use of neuroaxial analgesia
  • Use of electric cauterizer necessitated
  • Additional thoracic surgery in the investigation period
Both
18 Years to 40 Years
No
Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
Denmark
 
NCT00969423
H-A-2009-054
No
Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Rigshospitalet, Denmark
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Principal Investigator: Kim Wildgaard, MD Section for Surgical Pathophysiology 4074 Copenhagen, Denmark
Rigshospitalet, Denmark
August 2011

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