Prediction of Post-Cesarean Section Pain

Status unconfirmed

Conditions studied: Postoperative Pain

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if dynamic psychophysical testing along with genetic screening will allow to identify pre-operatively women who will suffer severe acute pain post-operatively and the subset who may experience chronic pain following cesarean section.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00799162

Run by

University of Washington

People needed

800

Starts

2008-11-01

Expected to finish

2013-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-09-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 50. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Women age 18-50 scheduled for an elective cesarean section (1st or 2nd cesarean section)

You may not qualify if…

• Women who:
• have taken opioids, acetaminophen, or NSAIDs 48 hrs prior to psychophysical testing
• have had more than two previous cesarean sections
• have a vertical abdominal incision from a prior cesarean section
• are non-English speaking
• have mental health issues
• have a failure of spinal anesthetic and require conversion to general anesthesia
• have a vertical uterine incision performed during ongoing cesarean section
• have a previous vertical uterine scar discovered during ongoing cesarean section

Where it is running

• University of Washington — Seattle, Washington, United States (enrolling)
• St. Luc Hospital, University Catholic of Louvain — Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium (enrolling)
• Hospital e Maternidade Santa Joana — São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (enrolling)
• KK Women's and Children's Hospital — Singapore, Singapore (enrolling)
• Stanford University — Stanford, California, United States

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