Management of Post-Tonsillectomy Pain in Pediatric Patients

Summary

Single-center, randomized, open-label, non-inferiority treatment pilot study to evaluate the effectiveness of a combined acetaminophen and ibuprofen regimen for treatment of post-operative tonsillectomy pain in the pediatric population. 100 children undergoing tonsillectomy will be randomized to receive either a combined acetaminophen and ibuprofen regimen dosed every 6 hours or an alternating regimen of acetaminophen and ibuprofen dosed every 3 hours.

Timeline

Start

2020-09-28

Primary completion

2022-11-10

Completion

2022-11-10

Publications

• Background Mitchell RB, Archer SM, Ishman SL, Rosenfeld RM, Coles S, Finestone SA, Friedman NR, Giordano T, Hildrew DM, Kim TW, Lloyd RM, Parikh SR, Shulman ST, Walner DL, Walsh SA, Nnacheta LC. Clinical Practice Guideline: Tonsillectomy in Children (Update). Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019 Feb;160(1_suppl):S1-S42. doi: 10.1177/0194599818801757.
• Background Ingram DG, Friedman NR. Toward Adenotonsillectomy in Children: A Review for the General Pediatrician. JAMA Pediatr. 2015 Dec;169(12):1155-61. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.2016.
• Background National Prospective Tonsillectomy Audit Final Report. Royal College of Surgeons https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/library-and-publications/rcs-publications/docs/tonsillectomy-audit/
• Background Alvarez Palacios I, Gonzalez-Orus Alvarez-Morujo R, Alonso Martinez C, Ayala Mejias A, Arenas Britez O. Postoperative Pain in Adult Tonsillectomy: Is There Any Difference Between the Technique? Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 Jun;69(2):187-193. doi: 10.1007/s12070-017-1058-9. Epub 2017 Jan 16.
• Background Lauder G, Emmott A. Confronting the challenges of effective pain management in children following tonsillectomy. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2014 Nov;78(11):1813-27. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2014.08.011. Epub 2014 Aug 27.
• Background Tobias JD, Green TP, Cote CJ; SECTION ON ANESTHESIOLOGY AND PAIN MEDICINE; COMMITTEE ON DRUGS. Codeine: Time to Say "No". Pediatrics. 2016 Oct;138(4):e20162396. doi: 10.1542/peds.2016-2396. Epub 2016 Sep 19.
• Background Kelly LE, Sommer DD, Ramakrishna J, Hoffbauer S, Arbab-Tafti S, Reid D, Maclean J, Koren G. Morphine or Ibuprofen for post-tonsillectomy analgesia: a randomized trial. Pediatrics. 2015 Feb;135(2):307-13. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-1906.
• Background Ismail Zaidan & Amanda Lent. Post-Tonsillectomy Pain in Children: The Postcodeine Era. US Pharm. 41, 31-34 (2016).
• Background D'Souza JN, Schmidt RJ, Xie L, Adelman JP, Nardone HC. Postoperative nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and risk of bleeding in pediatric intracapsular tonsillectomy. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2015 Sep;79(9):1472-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2015.05.042. Epub 2015 Jul 2.
• Background Lewis SR, Nicholson A, Cardwell ME, Siviter G, Smith AF. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and perioperative bleeding in paediatric tonsillectomy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Jul 18;2013(7):CD003591. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003591.pub3.
• Background Merry AF, Gibbs RD, Edwards J, Ting GS, Frampton C, Davies E, Anderson BJ. Combined acetaminophen and ibuprofen for pain relief after oral surgery in adults: a randomized controlled trial. Br J Anaesth. 2010 Jan;104(1):80-8. doi: 10.1093/bja/aep338.
• Background Miranda HF, Puig MM, Prieto JC, Pinardi G. Synergism between paracetamol and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in experimental acute pain. Pain. 2006 Mar;121(1-2):22-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2005.11.012. Epub 2006 Feb 9.
• Background Gardiner P, Dvorkin L. Promoting medication adherence in children. Am Fam Physician. 2006 Sep 1;74(5):793-8.
• Background Haynes RB, McKibbon KA, Kanani R. Systematic review of randomised trials of interventions to assist patients to follow prescriptions for medications. Lancet. 1996 Aug 10;348(9024):383-6. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(96)01073-2.
• Background Uitti JM, Salantera S, Laine MK, Tahtinen PA, Ruohola A. Adaptation of pain scales for parent observation: are pain scales and symptoms useful in detecting pain of young children with the suspicion of acute otitis media? BMC Pediatr. 2018 Dec 20;18(1):392. doi: 10.1186/s12887-018-1361-y.

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