Pain Control After Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Stopped early · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Postoperative Pain, Medication Side Effects, Narcotic Requirement

In brief

The purpose of this study is to compare postoperative pain control after minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting for patients who receive an intercostal block (an anesthetic medicine injected in an area under the ribs) in the operating room and IV acetaminophen (Tylenol) to those who receive an intercostal block and On-Q pain pump catheter (a balloon pump attached to 2 small tubes near your procedure site that automatically delivers pain medicine).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01770236

Run by

Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation

People needed

41

Starts

2013-01-01

Expected to finish

2015-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-12-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18 years of age or older
• Coronary artery disease requiring surgical intervention
• No prior sternotomy
• Creatinine within normal limits (0.60 - 1.10 mg/dL)

You may not qualify if…

• Less than 18 years of age
• Inability to provide consent or complete a written survey
• Previous history of sternotomy
• Contraindications to MICS-CABG or to any of the components of the 2 analgesic regimens

Where it is running

• Gundersen Lutheran Health System — La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States

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