Lidocaine and Prevention of Chronic Pain

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Surgery

In brief

The study seeks to investigate a safe and inexpensive strategy to reduce persistent post-surgical pain that can affect up to 60% of patients undergoing surgical procedures. Hypotheses: Perioperative systemic lidocaine reduces the persistence of chronic pain in patients undergoing surgical procedures.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01619852

Run by

Northwestern University

People needed

148

Starts

2012-06-01

Expected to finish

2015-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-11-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 64. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18-64,
• Females undergoing gynecological, urological or breast surgery

You may not qualify if…

• pregnant,
• history of chronic use of opioids,
• allergy to local anesthetics,
• history of cardiac arrhythmias Drop out: patient or surgeon request

Where it is running

• Prentice Womens' Hospital — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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