Postoperative subQ Pain Control for Spinal Fusion Surgery

Completed · Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Spine Fusion, Surgery, Pain, Postoperative

In brief

Post-operative pain following lumbar spine fusion is frequently difficult to manage and can lead to increased doses of opiate pain medications to control pain. In this study, the use of subcutaneous local anesthesia will be studied to determine its efficacy at reducing post-operative pain following spinal fusion surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03476811

Run by

University of Arizona

People needed

11

Starts

2018-02-09

Expected to finish

2021-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2022-05-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patient 18 years of age or greater
• Surgery to be done at Banner University Medical Center-Tucson
• Elective Surgeries only
• Lower Thoracic or Lumbar fusions only - Posterior Approach
• Postero or Posterolateral Instrumented Fusions with or without Interbody graft
• Transforaminal Interbody Fusions
• Must be able to cooperate in the daily VAS assessment

You may not qualify if…

• Patients under 18 years of age
• Prisoners
• Pregnant women
• Hypersensitivity to infusion medication
• Deformity Correction cases requiring osteotomies
• Surgical fusion in acute phase for traumatic injury
• Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion, Direct Lateral Interbody Fusion procedures

Where it is running

• The University of Arizona — Tucson, Arizona, United States

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