Genetic Predictors of Analgesic Efficacy of Propranolol for Treating Postoperative Pain

Summary

This study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled clinical trial. The main purpose of this study is to determine if postsurgical pain ratings are improved with treatment with oral Propranolol, and if the effectiveness of treatment can be modified by the presence or absence of SNPs (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism) associated with Cathecol-O-MethylTransferase (COMT) and mu-opioid receptor (MOR1) activity. The treatment period will last for three days and the observation period will last for six months. Effectiveness of treatment will be assessed by means of morphine consumption through quantitative evaluation of IV-PCA (Patient Controlled Analgesia) morphine as primary outcome measure.

Timeline

Start

2015-05-18

Primary completion

2016-11-12

Completion

2016-11-12

Publications

• Background Orrey DC, Halawa OI, Bortsov AV, Shupp JW, Jones SW, Haith LR, Hoskins JM, Jordan MH, Bangdiwala SI, Roane BR, Platts-Mills TF, Holmes JH, Hwang J, Cairns BA, McLean SA. Results of a pilot multicenter genotype-based randomized placebo-controlled trial of propranolol to reduce pain after major thermal burn injury. Clin J Pain. 2015 Jan;31(1):21-9. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000086.
• Background Tchivileva IE, Lim PF, Smith SB, Slade GD, Diatchenko L, McLean SA, Maixner W. Effect of catechol-O-methyltransferase polymorphism on response to propranolol therapy in chronic musculoskeletal pain: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover pilot study. Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2010 Apr;20(4):239-48. doi: 10.1097/FPC.0b013e328337f9ab.
• Background Zaugg M, Tagliente T, Lucchinetti E, Jacobs E, Krol M, Bodian C, Reich DL, Silverstein JH. Beneficial effects from beta-adrenergic blockade in elderly patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. Anesthesiology. 1999 Dec;91(6):1674-86. doi: 10.1097/00000542-199912000-00020.
• Background Schweinhardt P, Abulhasan YB, Koeva V, Balderi T, Kim DJ, Alhujairi M, Carli F. Effects of intravenous propranolol on heat pain sensitivity in healthy men. Eur J Pain. 2013 May;17(5):704-13. doi: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2012.00231.x. Epub 2012 Oct 16.
• Background Pranevicius M, Pranevicius O. Non-opioid anesthesia with esmolol avoids opioid-induced hyperalgesia and reduces fentanyl requirement after laparoscopy. Anesth Analg. 2009 Mar;108(3):1048. doi: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181938f3f. No abstract available.
• Background Chia YY, Chan MH, Ko NH, Liu K. Role of beta-blockade in anaesthesia and postoperative pain management after hysterectomy. Br J Anaesth. 2004 Dec;93(6):799-805. doi: 10.1093/bja/aeh268. Epub 2004 Sep 17.
• Background Chen YW, Chu CC, Chen YC, Hung CH, Wang JJ. Propranolol elicits cutaneous analgesia against skin nociceptive stimuli in rats. Neurosci Lett. 2012 Aug 30;524(2):129-32. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.07.036. Epub 2012 Jul 26.
• Background Zhang F, Tong J, Hu J, Zhang H, Ouyang W, Huang D, Tang Q, Liao Q. COMT gene haplotypes are closely associated with postoperative fentanyl dose in patients. Anesth Analg. 2015 Apr;120(4):933-40. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000563.
• Background Diatchenko L, Slade GD, Nackley AG, Bhalang K, Sigurdsson A, Belfer I, Goldman D, Xu K, Shabalina SA, Shagin D, Max MB, Makarov SS, Maixner W. Genetic basis for individual variations in pain perception and the development of a chronic pain condition. Hum Mol Genet. 2005 Jan 1;14(1):135-43. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddi013. Epub 2004 Nov 10.

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Indications

No indication recorded.