ThoracicPhase 4NCT04208542
Effects of Thoracic Erector Spinae Plane Blockade on Acute and Chronic Pain After Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)
A Phase 4 study testing ESP block in people with Thoracic, run by Yonsei University at 1 site in South Korea.
Trial summary
This is a prospective randomized study intended to assess the efficacy of erector spinae plane analgesia on acute and chronic postoperative pain for VATS procedures. It will include 72 patients presenting to Severance hospital for a VATS procedure. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 20 to 80 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Thoracic
- What is being tested?
- ESP block
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 72 participants
- Where
- 1 siteSouth Korea
- Study dates
- 1 Apr 2019to Dec 2021
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 20 to 80 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Male and Female participants providing written informed consent,
- ASA grade 1-3,
- aged over 20 and under 80,
- primary lung cancer participants scheduled segmentectomy or lobectomy c MLND,
- undergoing a VATS procedure under General Anaesthesia
Who cannot join
- Absence of informed written consent,
- chemotherapy before or after surgery,
- pre existing infection at block site,
- severe coagulopathy,
- pre existing neurological deficit,
- previous history of opiate abuse,
- pregnancy,
- pre existing chronic pain condition,
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
South Korea1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Anesthesia and Pain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Seoul
Sang Jun Park, MD, 82-2-2228-2405, iotas@yuhs.ac
About this study
This is a prospective randomized study intended to assess the efficacy of erector spinae plane analgesia on acute and chronic postoperative pain for VATS procedures. It will include 72 patients presenting to Severance hospital for a VATS procedure. Patients will be randomized 1:1 to receive either ESP block and intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV PCA) or IV PCA only. Ropivacaine will be used in nerve block, and injected at the end of surgery. The primary outcome will be to compare analgesic efficacy between the two groups as defined by immediate postoperative pain scores on the numeric pain rating scale. Secondary outcomes include total opioid consumption, painDETECT score, and chronic pain scores.
Read the detailed description
Postoperative pain control for thoracic surgery is key to allow faster recovery and diminish postoperative complications. Poorly controlled acute pain may contribute to the impairment of respiratory function and the development of chronic post-thoracotomy pain.
Recently, an increasing number of erector spinae plane (ESP) nerve blocks are being performed as it has been demonstrated, and via case reports that the blocks provide clinical effectiveness, but may have a better side-effect profile than the paravertebral nerve block and epidural analgesia. Moreover, there is an advantage for novice because ESP block is simpler and safer to proceed than conventional nerve blocks.
- Conditions
- Thoracic
- Being tested
- ESP block
- Keywords
- Thoracic surgical procedures
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
ESP blockDrug
Ultrasound guided Erector spinae block (ESP) will perform.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Interventional | Active comparator | Under general anaesthesia, ultrasound guided ESP block will perform at the T5 level with 0.375% ropivacaine 20ml. Fentanyl 1 ug/kg will administer at last 30 minutes of surgery for postoperative analgesia. Patient controlled analgesia (PCA) with fentanyl (10 ug/kg) and palonosetron 0.075mg will apply to the all patients. Postoperative pain assessment and opioid consumption will record till the postoperative 48 hours. Pain assessment will record 3 months after surgery. Receives: Drug: ESP block |
| Control | No intervention | Fentanyl 1 ug/kg will administer at last 30 minutes of surgery for postoperative analgesia. Patient controlled analgesia (PCA) with fentanyl (10 ug/kg) and palonosetron 0.075mg will apply to the all patients. Postoperative pain assessment and opioid consumption will record till the postoperative 48 hours. Pain assessment will record 3 months after surgery. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Numeric rating scale (NRS)
These scores will record till the postoperative 48 hours.
- The Numerical Rating Scale (NPRS) is a subjective measure in which individuals rate their pain on an eleven-point numerical scale. The scale is composed of 0 (no pain at all) to 10 (worst imaginable pain).
Measured: up to postoperative 48 hours.
Secondary outcomes (4)
opioid consumption
Total opioid consumption will calculate and record till the postoperative 48th hours.
Measured: postoperative 48th hours
opioid consumption
Total opioid consumption will calculate and record till the postoperative 3 months after surgery.
Measured: 3 months after surgery.
postoperative painDETECT score
painDETECT is a nine-item questionnaire that consists of seven sensory symptom items for pain that are graded from 0= never to 5= strongly, one temporal item on pain-course pattern graded -1 to +1, and one spatial item on pain radiation graded 0 for no radiation or +2 for radiating pain.
Measured: up to postoperative 3 months.
NRS
NRS will record at postoperative 3 months.
- The Numerical Rating Scale (NPRS) is a subjective measure in which individuals rate their pain on an eleven-point numerical scale. The scale is composed of 0 (no pain at all) to 10 (worst imaginable pain).
Measured: up to postoperative 3 months.
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted23 Dec 2019
- Study start1 Apr 2019
- Primary completionDec 2020 (estimated)
- Study completionDec 2021 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for ThoracicStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Yonsei UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- 2 groups of patients will be studied simultaneously. One group will have the intervention of the ESP block and IV PCA. The other group will have only IV PCA.
- Masking
- Triple blind
- Who is masked
- Participant, Care provider, Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 72 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Yonsei University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04208542
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 4-2019-0050
- Status last verified
- Oct 2020
- First submitted
- 20 Dec 2019
- Last updated
- 19 Oct 2020
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 19 Oct 2020. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Effects of Thoracic Erector Spinae Plane Blockade on Acute and Chronic Pain After Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04208542
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 4-2019-0050
- Conditions
- Thoracic
- Keywords
- Thoracic surgical procedures
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 72 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Yonsei UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Apr 2019 (actual)
- Primary completion
- Dec 2020 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Dec 2021 (estimated)
- First posted
- 23 Dec 2019 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This is a prospective randomized study intended to assess the efficacy of erector spinae plane analgesia on acute and chronic postoperative pain for VATS procedures. It will include 72 patients presenting to Severance hospital for a VATS procedure. Patients will be randomized 1:1 to receive either ESP block and intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV PCA) or IV PCA only. Ropivacaine will be used in nerve block, and injected at the end of surgery. The primary outcome will be to compare analgesic efficacy between the two groups as defined by immediate postoperative pain scores on the numeric pain rating scale. Secondary outcomes include total opioid consumption, painDETECT score, and chronic pain scores.
Detailed description
Postoperative pain control for thoracic surgery is key to allow faster recovery and diminish postoperative complications. Poorly controlled acute pain may contribute to the impairment of respiratory function and the development of chronic post-thoracotomy pain.
Recently, an increasing number of erector spinae plane (ESP) nerve blocks are being performed as it has been demonstrated, and via case reports that the blocks provide clinical effectiveness, but may have a better side-effect profile than the paravertebral nerve block and epidural analgesia. Moreover, there is an advantage for novice because ESP block is simpler and safer to proceed than conventional nerve blocks.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Triple blind (participant, care provider, outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- 2 groups of patients will be studied simultaneously. One group will have the intervention of the ESP block and IV PCA. The other group will have only IV PCA.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Interventional | Active comparator | Drug: ESP blockUnder general anaesthesia, ultrasound guided ESP block will perform at the T5 level with 0.375% ropivacaine 20ml. Fentanyl 1 ug/kg will administer at last 30 minutes of surgery for postoperative analgesia. Patient controlled analgesia (PCA) with fentanyl (10 ug/kg) and palonosetron 0.075mg will apply to the all patients. Postoperative pain assessment and opioid consumption will record till the postoperative 48 hours. Pain assessment will record 3 months after surgery. |
| Control | No intervention | –Fentanyl 1 ug/kg will administer at last 30 minutes of surgery for postoperative analgesia. Patient controlled analgesia (PCA) with fentanyl (10 ug/kg) and palonosetron 0.075mg will apply to the all patients. Postoperative pain assessment and opioid consumption will record till the postoperative 48 hours. Pain assessment will record 3 months after surgery. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 20 to 80 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Male and Female participants providing written informed consent,
- ASA grade 1-3,
- aged over 20 and under 80,
- primary lung cancer participants scheduled segmentectomy or lobectomy c MLND,
- undergoing a VATS procedure under General Anaesthesia
Key exclusion criteria (8 listed)
- Absence of informed written consent,
- chemotherapy before or after surgery,
- pre existing infection at block site,
- severe coagulopathy,
- pre existing neurological deficit,
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| ESP blockUltrasound guided Erector spinae block (ESP) will perform. | Drug | Interventional |
Primary outcome
Numeric rating scale (NRS)
Time frame: up to postoperative 48 hours.
These scores will record till the postoperative 48 hours. - The Numerical Rating Scale (NPRS) is a subjective measure in which individuals rate their pain on an eleven-point numerical scale. The scale is composed of 0 (no pain at all) to 10 (worst imaginable pain).
4 secondary outcomes
opioid consumption
Time frame: postoperative 48th hours
opioid consumption
Time frame: 3 months after surgery.
postoperative painDETECT score
Time frame: up to postoperative 3 months.
NRS
Time frame: up to postoperative 3 months.
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 19 Oct 2020.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
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Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 4 study testing ESP block in people with Thoracic, run by Yonsei University at 1 site in South Korea.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 8 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 19 Oct 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in South Korea. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 4 studies take place after a treatment is approved, to learn more about its long-term benefits and risks in everyday use.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Sang Jun Park (82-2-2228-2405, iotas@yuhs.ac), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Numeric rating scale (NRS) (time frame: up to postoperative 48 hours.). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 19 Oct 2020.