Surgical Pain After Inguinal Hernia Repair (SPAIHR)

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test whether pregabalin added to the standard of care with dosing starting preoperatively and continuing for 1 week post surgery will decrease the intensity of acute post-operative pain following inguinal hernia repair.

Timeline

Start

2008-01

Primary completion

2009-06

Completion

2009-09

Publications

• Singla NK, Chelly JE, Lionberger DR, Gimbel J, Sanin L, Sporn J, Yang R, Cheung R, Knapp L, Parsons B. Pregabalin for the treatment of postoperative pain: results from three controlled trials using different surgical models. J Pain Res. 2014 Dec 23;8:9-20. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S67841. eCollection 2015.

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Indications