Epidural Analgesia or Patient-Controlled Analgesia in Treating Patients Who Have Undergone Surgery for Gynecologic Cancer
Completed
Conditions studied: Cervical Cancer, Endometrial Cancer, Fallopian Tube Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Pain, Perioperative/Postoperative Complications, Sarcoma
In brief
RATIONALE: Giving pain medication into the space between the wall of the spinal canal and the covering of the spinal cord or giving it into a vein may help lessen pain caused by cancer surgery. It is not yet known whether epidural analgesia is more effective than patient-controlled analgesia in controlling pain in patients who have undergone surgery for gynecologic cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying epidural analgesia to see how well it works compared to patient-controlled analgesia in treating patients who have undergone surgery for gynecologic cancer.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00295945
- Run by
- University of California, San Francisco
- People needed
- 240
- Starts
- 2005-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2009-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2014-05-20
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center — San Francisco, California, United States
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