The Analgesic Efficacy of Continuous Sub-fascial Bupivacaine Infusion and Lidocaine Patches in Post-cesarean Patients With Opiate Use Disorder: A Comparative Efficacy Analysis

Summary

Pregnant women with a history of opioid use disorder, chronic opioid use or those who are on medication assisted treatment will be randomly assigned to receive either a sub-fascial continuous infusion of bupivacaine or lidocaine/menthol patch after Cesarean delivery. Post-operative pain scores and opioid usage in the post-operative period will be recorded.

Timeline

Start

2020-01-15

Primary completion

2021-05-17

Completion

2021-05-17

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped (Enrollment): “limited enrollment and unable to enroll subjects to reach statistical significance”

Publications

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• Background Fredman B, Shapiro A, Zohar E, Feldman E, Shorer S, Rawal N, Jedeikin R. The analgesic efficacy of patient-controlled ropivacaine instillation after Cesarean delivery. Anesth Analg. 2000 Dec;91(6):1436-40. doi: 10.1097/00000539-200012000-00025.
• Background Givens VA, Lipscomb GH, Meyer NL. A randomized trial of postoperative wound irrigation with local anesthetic for pain after cesarean delivery. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2002 Jun;186(6):1188-91. doi: 10.1067/mob.2002.122984.
• Background Kainu JP, Sarvela J, Halonen P, Puro H, Toivonen HJ, Halmesmaki E, Korttila KT. Continuous wound infusion with ropivacaine fails to provide adequate analgesia after caesarean section. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2012 Apr;21(2):119-24. doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2011.12.009. Epub 2012 Feb 16.
• Background Lalmand M, Wilwerth M, Fils JF, Van der Linden P. Continuous Ropivacaine Subfascial Wound Infusion Compared With Intrathecal Morphine for Postcesarean Analgesia: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled, Double-Blind Study. Anesth Analg. 2017 Sep;125(3):907-912. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000001892.
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• Background Guidelines for laparoscopic surgery during pregnancy. Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES). Surg Endosc. 1998 Feb;12(2):189-90. No abstract available.
• Background Habib AS, Polascik TJ, Weizer AZ, White WD, Moul JW, ElGasim MA, Gan TJ. Lidocaine patch for postoperative analgesia after radical retropubic prostatectomy. Anesth Analg. 2009 Jun;108(6):1950-3. doi: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181a21185.
• Background Kwon YS, Kim JB, Jung HJ, Koo YJ, Lee IH, Im KT, Woo JS, Im KS. Treatment for postoperative wound pain in gynecologic laparoscopic surgery: topical lidocaine patches. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2012 Sep;22(7):668-73. doi: 10.1089/lap.2011.0440. Epub 2012 Aug 3.
• Background Khanna M, Peters C, Singh JR. Treating pain with the lidocaine patch 5% after total knee arthroplasty. PM R. 2012 Sep;4(9):642-6. doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2012.06.003. Epub 2012 Jul 28.
• Background Bajwa SJ, Kaur J. Clinical profile of levobupivacaine in regional anesthesia: A systematic review. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2013 Oct;29(4):530-9. doi: 10.4103/0970-9185.119172.
• Background Brower MC, Johnson ME. Adverse effects of local anesthetic infiltration on wound healing. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2003 May-Jun;28(3):233-40. doi: 10.1053/rapm.2003.50050. No abstract available.
• Background Tam KW, Chen SY, Huang TW, Lin CC, Su CM, Li CL, Ho YS, Wang WY, Wu CH. Effect of wound infiltration with ropivacaine or bupivacaine analgesia in breast cancer surgery: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Int J Surg. 2015 Oct;22:79-85. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.07.715. Epub 2015 Aug 12.
• Background Scott NB. Wound infiltration for surgery. Anaesthesia. 2010 Apr;65 Suppl 1:67-75. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2010.06241.x.
• Background Cobb B, Liu R, Valentine E, Onuoha O. Breastfeeding after Anesthesia: A Review for Anesthesia Providers Regarding the Transfer of Medications into Breast Milk. Transl Perioper Pain Med. 2015;1(2):1-7.

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