Administration of Pre-Operative Gabapentin to Patients Undergoing Laparoscopy

Completed · Phase 4 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Postoperative Pain

In brief

The purpose of this study is to prospectively determine the influence of immediate pre-operative gabapentin administration on acute postoperative pain. The investigators hypothesize that immediate post-operative pain will be improved with pre-operative administration of gabapentin.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02359110

Run by

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

People needed

112

Starts

2015-06-01

Expected to finish

2017-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-03-12

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The patient must be female and planning to have a laparoscopic or robotic assisted procedure for benign gynecologic indications.
• Patients must be treated in the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the division of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery.
• The patient must be in the age range of 18-80 years, in general good health and able to comply with study procedures.

You may not qualify if…

• Male patients will be excluded from this study.
• Patients under 18 years old will be excluded from this study.
• Pregnant patients. All patients will have a routine pre-operative urine HCG to exclude pregnancy.
• Patients having abdominal, vaginal or hysteroscopic procedures
• Allergy to gabapentin
• Chronic use of gabapentin (greater than 6 months)

Where it is running

• Penn State Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

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