Superiority Study for Pain Treatment After Cesarean

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate adequate pain treatment for patients after cesarean. In this study oral opioids were compared to intravenous opioids as they are supposed to provide superior pain control.

Timeline

Start

2009-07

Primary completion

2009-11

Completion

2009-11

Publications

• Background Stamer UM, Wiese R, Stuber F, Wulf H, Meuser T. Change in anaesthetic practice for Caesarean section in Germany. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2005 Feb;49(2):170-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2004.00583.x.
• Background Davis KM, Esposito MA, Meyer BA. Oral analgesia compared with intravenous patient-controlled analgesia for pain after cesarean delivery: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Apr;194(4):967-71. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.02.025.
• Background Gammaitoni AR, Galer BS, Bulloch S, Lacouture P, Caruso F, Ma T, Schlagheck T. Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled comparison of the analgesic efficacy of oxycodone 10 mg/acetaminophen 325 mg versus controlled-release oxycodone 20 mg in postsurgical pain. J Clin Pharmacol. 2003 Mar;43(3):296-304. doi: 10.1177/0091270003251147.
• Background Carvalho B, Cohen SE, Lipman SS, Fuller A, Mathusamy AD, Macario A. Patient preferences for anesthesia outcomes associated with cesarean delivery. Anesth Analg. 2005 Oct;101(4):1182-1187. doi: 10.1213/01.ane.0000167774.36833.99.
• Dieterich M, Muller-Jordan K, Stubert J, Kundt G, Wagner K, Gerber B. Pain management after cesarean: a randomized controlled trial of oxycodone versus intravenous piritramide. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2012 Oct;286(4):859-65. doi: 10.1007/s00404-012-2384-5. Epub 2012 May 24.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.