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Colo-rectal CancerNCT04448652

Does Omission of NSAIDs After Colorectal Cancer Operation Affect the Consumption of Opioids?

An observational study of Colo-rectal Cancer, run by Zealand University Hospital at 1 site in Denmark.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Patients undergoing an operation for colorectal cancer are normally treated with non-steroid-anti-inflammatory-drugs (NSAIDs) e.g. ibuprofen as pain medication after the operation. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Colo-rectal Cancer
What is being tested?
NSAID
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
How many people
502 participants
Where
1 siteDenmark
Study dates
1 Jan 2015to 31 Dec 2017
How long will I take part?
4 Years
Phase
Observational
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 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Patients undergoing elective laparoscopic colorectal cancer resection at Zealand University Hospital, Denmark before and after 1st. of April 2016 are eligible for the study. Patients with a preoperative use of opioids within the last 3 months, undergoing a palliative resection or had a surgical complication leading to reoperation in general anesthesia will be excluded. Palliative resection is defined as patients with symptomatic metastatic colorectal cancer that undergoes resection of the primary tumor with the aim to relieve symptoms such as obstruction, bleeding or perforation.

Who may be able to join

  • adults undergoing elective colorectal cancer resection before and after April 1st 2016 at Zealand University Hospital, Denmark.

Who cannot join

  • palliative resection
  • preoperative use of opioids within the last 3 months
  • patients with a surgical complication requiring re-operation in general anesthesia.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Denmark1 site
  • Zealand University Hospital

    Køge, Region Sjælland, DK-4600

Other trials in Denmark

About this study

Official title: Effects on Omission of NSAIDs on the Consumption of Opioids in the Standard Analgesic Regimen After Elective Laparoscopic Colorectal Cancer Resection in an ERAS Setting. A Retrospective Single-center Cohort Study.

Patients undergoing an operation for colorectal cancer are normally treated with non-steroid-anti-inflammatory-drugs (NSAIDs) e.g. ibuprofen as pain medication after the operation. It is well known that NSAIDs can be harmful to kidney-and heart patients and some studies also have shown an increased risc of surgical complications after treatment with NSAIDs. On the other hand recent studies have found a preventive effect of NSAIDs on colorectal cancer recurrence thus leaving the colorectal surgeon in doubt whether NSAIDs are beneficial or harmful to colorectal cancer patients.

In the department of colorectal cancer surgery at Zealand University Hospital it was decided to leave out NSAIDs from the 1st of april 2016. This study will investigate if there is a change in consumption of opioids before and after omission of NSAIDs. This will be an important finding because opioids also have harmful side-effects as well as a risk of addiction. The investigators will also compare the blood samples and see if there is signs of impaired renal and cardiac function in the group that was treated with NSAIDs. Finally the long term outcomes will be investigated such as cancer recurrence and death in the two groups.

Read the detailed description

Background:

Many standard analgesic regimens after colorectal cancer surgery includes a NSAID in combination with paracetamol and other non-opioid analgesics. Concerns about a risk of cardiovascular and renal impairment and the possible association with anastomotic leaks have questioned the rationale of NSAID use in the postoperative period and the need for possible alternatives. In the department of colorectal cancer -surgery of Zealand University Hospital it was decided to remove NSAIDs from the standard analgesic package from 1th of April 2016 without other analgesic substitution. This change might imply deterioration of the enhanced recovery program with an increase in the use of opioids and side effects that might cause a longer length of stay. In addition, recent studies are relaunching ibuprofen as a chemo-preventive of colorectal cancer thus leaving the colorectal surgeon in doubt whether NSAIDs are beneficial or harmful to colorectal cancer patients.

Objective:

The aim of the present study is to investigate the short- and long-term outcomes before (+ ibuprofen) and after (- ibuprofen) April 1 st 2016.

Methods Design A prospective, consecutive single-center cohort-study. Study population Patients undergoing elective laparoscopic colorectal cancer resection at Zealand University Hospital, before and after 1st. of April 2016 are eligible for the study. Patients with a preoperative use of opioids within the last 3 months, undergoing a palliative resection or had a surgical complication leading to reoperation in general anesthesia will be excluded. Palliative resection is defined as patients with symptomatic metastatic colorectal cancer that undergoes resection of the primary tumor with the aim to relieve symptoms such as obstruction, bleeding or perforation.

Before April 1st. 2016 all patients, regardless of cardiovascular morbidity or kidney disease, received ibuprofen 400 mg in combination with paracetamol 1000 mg four times a day in the postoperative period and until admission. After April 1st the patients only received paracetamol. If the standard analgesic regimen was insufficient, patients in both groups were treated with intravenous, subcutaneous or oral opioids defined as drugs within the ACT-code (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System) N02A. The department has a well-implemented Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program with a standardized management of the perioperative course and discharge with no other changes in the program in the study period.

Demographic and perioperative data including length of stay and postoperative complications within 30 days will be collected from the national prospective database of the Danish Colorectal Cancer Group. According to the exclusion criteria all patients with a registered surgical complication clavien dindo ≥3b will be excluded. The postoperative medical complications are categorized in the database in: Stroke, acute myocardial infarction, aspiration, pneumonia, heart failure, lung embolism, respiratory insufficiency, kidney failure, sepsis, deep venous thrombosis, arterial embolism and "other medical complication". The medical complications are also graded according to the clavien-dindo classification system. Daily postoperative opioid consumption until discharge, readmissions within 30 days, colorectal cancer recurrence or all-cause mortality are retrospectively collected from the electronic patient journal system (EPIC/OPUS).

Blood samples of creatinine and C-Reactive Protein are collected with one baseline preoperative sample (within 30 days before the operation) and postoperative day 1 to 7. Most patients will be discharged 2 to 3 days after the operation. Creatinine will be analyzed as a delta value of the baseline and the postoperative maximum serum creatinine value. In the analysis of CRP the investigators will compare the postoperative in-hospital peak-value.

Troponine I is a biomarker of MINS (myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery) that was measured in the study period on postoperative day 1 to 4 or until discharge. Troponine I values will be categorized in < 15, 15-45 and >45.

Study outcome The primary outcome measure is changes in opioid use between the two groups (+/- NSAID), calculated as oral morphine equivalent (omeq) doses in mg. The secondary outcome measures are length of stay, postoperative medical complications within 30 days, changes in postoperative troponine I and creatinine, colorectal cancer recurrence and all-cause mortality.

A subgroup analysis of the primary outcome with patients who underwent a laparoscopic resection (including robotic assisted surgery) as well as a subgroup analysis excluding all patients with a surgical complication will be done.

Power calculation The sample size calculation was based on non-parametric testing regarding the primary outcome. The minimally clinically relevant difference in opioid consumption between the two groups was estimated to 25 % with a standarddeviation of 37.5 oral morphine equivalent (omeq). To detect a difference with a power of 80 % and an error alpha of 0.05 the total sample size was estimated to 502 patients - 251 patients in each group.

Statistical analyses Data will be analyzed using non-parametric tests. For dichotomous data Chi-square/Fishers exact test will be used and quantitative data will be analyzed using the Mann-Whitney test.

Being tested
NSAID
Medical subject headings
Colonic Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • NSAIDDrug

    no other intervention than described in the groups.

Study groups in NCT04448652
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
+NSAIDsPatients undergoing elective colorectal cancer resection before april 1st 2016 were treated with paracetamol tablets 1000 mg and ibuprofen tablets 400 mg four times a day from the day of the operation and until discharge.
Receives: Drug: NSAID
-NSAIDsPatients undergoing elective colorectal cancer resection from april 1st 2016 were only treated with paracetamol tablets 1000 mg four times a day from the day of the operation and until discharge.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Postoperative opioid-consumption

    potential changes in the total p.n. use of opioids measured in oral morphine equivalent doses in mg (omeq)

    Measured: from the day of operation and until discharge (median 3 days)

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. Postoperative renal impact

    Potential differences in postoperative peak serum - creatinine compared to preoperative serum-creatinine (< 30 days preoperative)

    Measured: from the day of operation and 7 days postoperatively or until discharge.

  2. Postoperative cardiac impact

    Potential differences in serum Troponine I as a sign of MINS (myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery).

    Measured: was measured on day 1 to 4 after surgery or intil discharge.

  3. Colorectal cancer recurrence

    A recurrence of colorectal cancer 120 days after primary surgery registered in the Danish national patient register

    Measured: 120 days after surgery and until data collection.

  4. mortality

    all-cause mortality

    Measured: From the day of operation and 3 to 5 years after (at the time of data collection).

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted26 Jun 2020
  2. Study start1 Jan 2015
  3. Primary completion31 Dec 2017
  4. Study completion31 Dec 2017

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
502 participants (actual)
Target duration
4 Years
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04448652
Sponsor's protocol ID
nsaid_syt
Other IDs
18-000315/115
Status last verified
Jun 2020
First submitted
17 Jun 2020
Last updated
26 Jun 2020
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Publications

  • Kearney PM, Baigent C, Godwin J, Halls H, Emberson JR, Patrono C. Do selective cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitors and traditional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs increase the risk of atherothrombosis? Meta-analysis of randomised trials. BMJ. 2006 Jun 3;332(7553):1302-8. doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7553.1302.

    PubMed 16740558
  • Coxib and traditional NSAID Trialists' (CNT) Collaboration; Bhala N, Emberson J, Merhi A, Abramson S, Arber N, Baron JA, Bombardier C, Cannon C, Farkouh ME, FitzGerald GA, Goss P, Halls H, Hawk E, Hawkey C, Hennekens C, Hochberg M, Holland LE, Kearney PM, Laine L, Lanas A, Lance P, Laupacis A, Oates J, Patrono C, Schnitzer TJ, Solomon S, Tugwell P, Wilson K, Wittes J, Baigent C. Vascular and upper gastrointestinal effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: meta-analyses of individual participant data from randomised trials. Lancet. 2013 Aug 31;382(9894):769-79. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60900-9. Epub 2013 May 30.

    PubMed 23726390
  • Ungprasert P, Cheungpasitporn W, Crowson CS, Matteson EL. Individual non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and risk of acute kidney injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. Eur J Intern Med. 2015 May;26(4):285-91. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2015.03.008. Epub 2015 Apr 8.

    PubMed 25862494
  • Klein M, Gogenur I, Rosenberg J. Postoperative use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in patients with anastomotic leakage requiring reoperation after colorectal resection: cohort study based on prospective data. BMJ. 2012 Sep 26;345:e6166. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6166.

    PubMed 23015299
  • Bakker N, Deelder JD, Richir MC, Cakir H, Doodeman HJ, Schreurs WH, Houdijk AP. Risk of anastomotic leakage with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs within an enhanced recovery program. J Gastrointest Surg. 2016 Apr;20(4):776-82. doi: 10.1007/s11605-015-3010-1. Epub 2015 Nov 4.

    PubMed 26536884
  • Dulai PS, Singh S, Marquez E, Khera R, Prokop LJ, Limburg PJ, Gupta S, Murad MH. Chemoprevention of colorectal cancer in individuals with previous colorectal neoplasia: systematic review and network meta-analysis. BMJ. 2016 Dec 5;355:i6188. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i6188.

    PubMed 27919915
  • Bernardi MH, Schmidlin D, Schiferer A, Ristl R, Neugebauer T, Hiesmayr M, Druml W, Lassnigg A. Impact of preoperative serum creatinine on short- and long-term mortality after cardiac surgery: a cohort study. Br J Anaesth. 2015 Jan;114(1):53-62. doi: 10.1093/bja/aeu316. Epub 2014 Sep 19.

    PubMed 25240162
  • Lassnigg A, Schmid ER, Hiesmayr M, Falk C, Druml W, Bauer P, Schmidlin D. Impact of minimal increases in serum creatinine on outcome in patients after cardiothoracic surgery: do we have to revise current definitions of acute renal failure? Crit Care Med. 2008 Apr;36(4):1129-37. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318169181a.

    PubMed 18379238
  • Schack A, Fransgaard T, Klein MF, Gogenur I. Perioperative Use of Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs Decreases the Risk of Recurrence of Cancer After Colorectal Resection: A Cohort Study Based on Prospective Data. Ann Surg Oncol. 2019 Nov;26(12):3826-3837. doi: 10.1245/s10434-019-07600-8. Epub 2019 Jul 16.

    PubMed 31313040
  • Devereaux PJ, Duceppe E, Guyatt G, Tandon V, Rodseth R, Biccard BM, Xavier D, Szczeklik W, Meyhoff CS, Vincent J, Franzosi MG, Srinathan SK, Erb J, Magloire P, Neary J, Rao M, Rahate PV, Chaudhry NK, Mayosi B, de Nadal M, Iglesias PP, Berwanger O, Villar JC, Botto F, Eikelboom JW, Sessler DI, Kearon C, Pettit S, Sharma M, Connolly SJ, Bangdiwala SI, Rao-Melacini P, Hoeft A, Yusuf S; MANAGE Investigators. Dabigatran in patients with myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery (MANAGE): an international, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2018 Jun 9;391(10137):2325-2334. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30832-8.

    PubMed 29900874

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Colo-rectal Cancer, run by Zealand University Hospital at 1 site in Denmark.

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 1 inclusion and 3 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 26 Jun 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 Denmark. 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.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Postoperative opioid-consumption (time frame: from the day of operation and until discharge (median 3 days)). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04448652, which also lists 10 linked publications.

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 26 Jun 2020.

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