drugset / Trial / NCT01541137

NSAIDs With Morphine-PCA Compared to Epidural Analgesia in Thoracotomy Pain

NCT01541137

RandomizedParallel-groupTriple-blindTreatment

Summary

The investigators investigated whether a strictly controlled pain management with patients participating in a clinical study can attenuate persistence of post-thoracotomy pain. The investigators also wanted to find out whether NSAID + intravenous patient-controlled analgesia with morphine is an efficacious alternative to thoracic epidural analgesia.

Timeline

Start
2004-03
Primary completion
2008-09
Completion
2008-09

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Comparator Diclofenac Other / unclassified 75 mg Oral
Comparator Parecoxib Small molecule 80 mg Intravenous
Comparator valdecoxib Small molecule 40 mg Oral
Comparator Morphine Other / unclassified 2 mg Intravenous
Comparator Morphine Other / unclassified 3 mg Intravenous

Indications

No indication recorded.