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Perioperative Administration of Pregabalin for Pain After Robot-assisted Endoscopic Thyroidectomy

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
Severance Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00905580
First received: May 18, 2009
Last updated: January 15, 2010
Last verified: October 2009
History of Changes
Results First Received: October 13, 2009  
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized;   Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study;   Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment;   Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator);   Primary Purpose: Treatment
Condition: Pain, Postoperative
Interventions: Drug: Pregabalin
Drug: Vitamin Complex (placebo)

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Recruitment Details
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Pre-Assignment Details
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Reporting Groups
  Description
Placebo Patients receive oral Placebo 1 hour prior to surgery, and 12 hours later
Pregabalin Patients receive oral pregabalin 1 hour prior to surgery, and 12 hours later

Participant Flow:   Overall Study
    Placebo     Pregabalin  
STARTED     49     50  
COMPLETED     47     47  
NOT COMPLETED     2     3  



  Baseline Characteristics
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Reporting Groups
  Description
Placebo Patients receive oral Placebo 1 hour prior to surgery, and 12 hours later
Pregabalin Patients receive oral pregabalin 1 hour prior to surgery, and 12 hours later
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Baseline Measures
    Placebo     Pregabalin     Total  
Number of Participants  
[units: participants]
 		  49     50     99  
Age  
[units: participants]
 		     
<=18 years     0     0     0  
Between 18 and 65 years     49     50     99  
>=65 years     0     0     0  
Age  
[units: years]
Mean ± Standard Deviation 		  38.5  ± 9.5     38.0  ± 8.2     38.2  ± 8.9  
Gender  
[units: participants]
 		     
Female     46     48     94  
Male     3     2     5  
Region of Enrollment  
[units: participants]
 		     
Korea, Republic of     49     50     99  



  Outcome Measures
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1.  Primary:   Pain Scores (VNRS) at 1, 6, 24, 48 Hours Postoperatively.   [ Time Frame: 1, 6, 24 & 48 hours ]
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2.  Primary:   The Number of Participants With the Indicated Side Effects - Nausea & Vomiting, Sedation, Headache, Dizziness Etc.   [ Time Frame: 1, 6, 24 & 48 hours ]
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3.  Primary:   Number of Patients Who Required Additional Analgesics During the First 48 Hours Postoperatively   [ Time Frame: 1, 6, 24 & 48 hours ]
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4.  Secondary:   Number of Patients With Hypoesthesia in the Anterior Chest at 3 Months After Operation.   [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
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Certain Agreements:  
Principal Investigators are NOT employed by the organization sponsoring the study.
There is NOT an agreement between Principal Investigators and the Sponsor (or its agents) that restricts the PI's rights to discuss or publish trial results after the trial is completed.


Limitations and Caveats
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Results Point of Contact:  
Name/Title: Dr. So Yeon Kim
Organization: Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Anaesthesia and Pain Research Institute, Department of surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine
phone: 82-2-2227-3642
e-mail: kimsy326@hanmail.net


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Responsible Party: Severance Hospital, Anesthesia and Pain Research Institute
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00905580     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: IRB 4-2009-0070
Study First Received: May 18, 2009
Results First Received: October 13, 2009
Last Updated: January 15, 2010
Health Authority: Korea: Food and Drug Administration