Post-Surgical Pain Clinical Trials

Pain medications are currently available that combine a narcotic with Tylenol®. This study is testing a new medication that combines a narcotic pain medication with a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication. Following a bunionectomy procedure, participants will be treated with the study drug at regular intervals. Pain levels will be assessed to ...

This is a Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter, evaluation of the safety of N1539 in adult subjects undergoing major surgery.

The purpose of this study is to compare using bupivacaine (a numbing medicine) along with the usual medications for post-operative pain control to using the usual medications for post-operative pain control alone. The addition of bupivacaine to the usual pain medications could better manage pain immediately after surgery. This study ...

Is subxiphoid route VATS surgery better than Intercostal VATS surgery for lung cancer? Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery for lung cancer (VATS) is less traumatic than traditional open surgery for lung cancer. A novel uniportal VATS technique involving a subxiphoid route for thoracic surgery has been occured. It is reported that ...

The overarching purpose of SATISFY-SOS is to implement a rigorous process to assess short-term and intermediate-term outcomes of surgical and procedural patients who receive anesthesia services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital facilities, located in St. Louis, Missouri. Specifically, patients will be followed for major morbidity events, for mortality, and for quality of ...

The study team propose to investigate the feasibility and pilot a Telephone Cognitive Behavioral Therapy intervention for those identified to be at risk for chronic pain following surgery.

For patients randomized to the experimental or to the placebo groups, two subcutaneous catheters will be tunneled under the skin with large hollow-bore needles along the entire length of the incision on either side prior to closure. These catheters will deliver study drug (0.25% Marcaine) directly into the incision. They ...

Paravertebral block (PVB) has been shown to provide excellent analgesia for major breast surgery. Advantages of a PVB technique include reduced postoperative pain, analgesic consumption, opioid-related side effects, and shorter post anesthesia care unit (PACU) stay. There is also evidence to suggest that PVB may have a favorable impact on ...

TAP is a recommended multimodal method of reducing postoperative pain in laparoscopic and open surgery. TAP block seems to be feasible and effective in postoperative pain control without increasing morbidity in colon resections. QL block is also performed as one of the perioperative pain management procedures in abdominal surgery. It ...

It is routine practice to give narcotic medication after surgery for pain control however the abuse of prescription medications has become the fastest growing drug problem in the United States. Research has shown that post operative pain for some common Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) procedures are not severe but ...