Clinical trials: Thoracic Epidural
Anesthesia
Loss of Resistance, w/wo Stimulation, For Epidural Placement
The purpose of this randomized, observer-blinded, investigative trial is to determine if the use of electrical stimulation, compared to the traditional loss of resistance technique alone, improves the success rate of epidural…
- Trial name
- NCT03087604
- Testing
- Thoracic epidural block, Electrical Nerve stimulation, Solution For Thoracic epidural block
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Pectus Excavatum, Funnel Chest
Cryoanalgesia vs. Epidural in the Nuss Procedure
The purpose of this study is to determine whether cryoanalgesia provides better pain control for minimally invasive pectus excavatum repair (the Nuss procedure) than thoracic epidural.
- Trial name
- NCT02721017
- Testing
- Cryoanalgesia, Thoracic epidural (ropivicaine, fentanyl)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Morbid Obesity, Postoperative Pain
Patients-Controlled Epidural Analgesia After Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity Using Morphine-Levobupivacaine Regimens
Adequate postoperative analgesia can facilitate recovery following gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity. The efficacy and safety of intravenous patient - controlled analgesia has been studied, but up to date no data are…
- Conditions
- Morbid Obesity, Postoperative Pain, Postoperative Bowel Function, Postoperative Ambulation
- Trial name
- NCT01249872
- Testing
- GROUP A : 0 mg MORPHINE-0.1% LEVOBUPIVACAINE, GROUP B : 1 mg MORPHINE- 0.1% LEVOBUPIVACAINE, GROUP C : 2 mg MORPHINE-0.1% LEVOBUPIVACAINE
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- University of Patras
Laparotomy, Colectomy
QL Block With Exparel in Colectomy
The purpose of this study is to determine if using a different type of injection of local anesthestic (pain medicine) in between the muscle layers of the abdominal wall (called a quadratus lumborum block) will improve pain…
- Trial name
- NCT03827291
- Testing
- Exparel, Thoracic epidural analgesia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery, Pain, Postoperative
Comparison of Three Different Pain Blocks for Subjects Undergoing VATS (Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery) Procedure.
The purpose of this study is to compare three different pain control methods on subjects who are scheduled to undergo VATS (video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery) procedures.
- Conditions
- Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery, Pain, Postoperative, Pain, Acute
- Trial name
- VATS (NCT03151434)
- Testing
- US Guided Single Shot Paravertebral Block (0.2% ropivicaine infusion), US Guided Paravertebral Catheter (0.2% ropivicaine bolus), Thoracic Epidural (0.125% bupivicaine/hydromorphone)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 147 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Target Controlled Infusion (TCI), Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia
The Effect of Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia With Different Block Level on Propofol Induction
It is a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled study to investigate the effect of TEA with different block level on propofol concentration during general anesthesia induction.
- Conditions
- Target Controlled Infusion (TCI), Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia, Block Level, Gastrointestinal Surgery
- Trial name
- NCT02135016
- Testing
- 1% lidocaine, 2% lidocaine, 0.9% normal saline
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- First Hospital of China Medical University
Cystectomy
Thoracic Epidural Analgesia Versus Rectus Sheath Block Versus Surgeon Infiltration With Liposomal Bupivacaine or Standard Bupivacaine for Post-Operative Pain Control After Cystectomy
The purpose of this study is to compare the difference between four different pain control methods in patients who will be having a cystectomy surgery (surgical removal of the bladder).
- Trial name
- NCT04300231
- Testing
- epidural bupivacaine 0.05%, Liposomal bupivacaine, bupivacaine 0.125%
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Surgery, Analgesia
Thoracic Epidural Analgesia vs Surgical Site Infiltration With Liposomal Bupivacaine Following Open Gynecologic Surgery
The goal of this study is to test the hypothesis that surgical site infiltration with liposomal bupivacaine (LB) is non-inferior to and more cost effective than thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) for patients undergoing open…
- Trial name
- NCT04117074
- Testing
- Liposomal bupivacaine, Thoracic epidural analgesia (bupivacaine)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Rib Fractures, Pain, Acute
A Retrospective Review of Rib Fracture Pain Management at a London Major Trauma Centre
Thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) is widely considered to be the current gold standard treatment for rib fracture pain and is used in the Imperial invasive treatment pathway for rib fractures.
- Trial name
- NCT04863807
- Testing
- Regional Anaesthesia
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 389 people
- Sponsor
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Pain Management Strategies in Liver Resection Surgery
TEA vs. PVB vs. PCA in Liver Resection Surgery
This study aims to compare the efficacy and safety of three alternative methods of analgesia in patients undergoing complex liver resection surgery: 1) thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA), 2) continuous paravertebral block (PVB)…
- Trial name
- NCT02192879
- Testing
- thoracic epidural, continuous paravertebral catheter, Patient-Controlled Analgesia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Pain Following Thoracotomy Surgery
Study of Exparel Versus Epidural for Pain Control After Thoracotomy
Unilateral intercostal nerve blocks provide pain control as effectively as a continuous thoracic epidural, and will a lower incidence of side effects.
- Trial name
- NCT02178553
- Testing
- Epidural, Intercostal Bupivicaine (Exparel)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 102 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Liver Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer
Postoperative Thoracic Epidural Analgesia Versus Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia For Liver and/or Pancreas
The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if there is a difference in patients' quality of recovery if they receive 1 of 2 standard kinds of pain control treatments after surgery on the liver and/or pancreas.
- Trial name
- NCT01438476
- Testing
- Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia (IVPCA), Thoracic Epidural Analgesia (TEA), Questionnaires
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 178 people
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Fluid Overload, Anesthesia; Adverse Effect, Spinal and Epidural
Can Vena Cava Ultrasound Guided Volume Repletion Prevent Spinal Induced Significant Hypotension in Elective Patients?
Aim of this study is to determine whether Inferior Vena Cava analyzed by trans-thoracic echocardiography is an effective method to guide titrated fluid repletion in non critical patients, in order both to decrease post procedural…
- Conditions
- Fluid Overload, Anesthesia; Adverse Effect, Spinal and Epidural, Regional Anesthesia Morbidity
- Trial name
- NCT02271477
- Testing
- Ultrasound-guided volemic repletion
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona
Pectus Excavatum
Prospective Trial: Pain Management After Pectus Excavatum Repair, Epidural Versus PCA
Pectus excavatum, the most common chest wall deformity, occurs in roughly one in 1000 children. Operative repair of the anterior thoracic concavity has transitioned to the minimally invasive approach with substernal bar placement…
- Trial name
- PectusEpiPCA (NCT01863498)
- Testing
- Epidural, PCA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
General Anesthesia, Propofol Target-controlled Infusion
Effects of Epidural Local Anesthetics on Propofol Induction
The investigators designed a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled study to determine whether thoracic epidural anesthesia(TEA) with different local anesthetics has different influences on the propofol dose during induction.
- Conditions
- General Anesthesia, Propofol Target-controlled Infusion, Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia
- Trial name
- NCT02000973
- Testing
- Lidocaine, Bupivacaine, Ropivacaine
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- First Hospital of China Medical University
Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia
CompuFlo Thoracic Epidural Study
Traditionally, loss-of-resistance (LOR) to air or saline with a special ground-glass syringe is the technique used to identify epidural space, but failure rates up to 30% have been reported using this technique for thoracic…
- Trial name
- NCT03826186
- Testing
- Traditional (loss-of-resistance technique) thoracic epidural placement, CompuFlo thoracic epidural placement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- YATISH SIDDAPURA RANGANATH
Analgesia Disorder, Anesthetic Complication Epidural
Effectiveness of Epidural Anesthesia for Thoracic and Abdominal Surgery
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the epidural analgesia in patients having elective thoracic and abdominal surgery under general anesthesia combined with epidural analgesia in Siriraj Hospital.
- Conditions
- Analgesia Disorder, Anesthetic Complication Epidural, Adverse Reaction to Epidural Anesthesia
- Trial name
- NCT02315261
- Testing
- Elective Thoracic and Abdominal Surgery Patients
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 364 people
- Sponsor
- Siriraj Hospital
Pectus Excavatum
A Comparison Trial Between PCA and Epidural Analgesia for Pectus Excavatum Repair
The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of epidural and IV analgesia in controlling pain in patients undergoing Nuss repair of pectus excavatum.
- Trial name
- NCT02056301
- Testing
- Hydromorphone, Morphine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Anesthesia, Thoracic
Compuflo Instrument for Thoracic ES Identification
The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate whether the Compuflo Epidural Instrument injection pump technology, which is FDA approved for lumbar epidural anesthesia, is also capable of identifying the thoracic epidural space…
- Trial name
- NCT03376256
- Testing
- Compuflo Epidural Instrument
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Anesthesia
A Comparison Between Conventional and Waveform-Confirmed Loss-of-Resistance for Thoracic Epidural Blocks
In the investigators' institution, the failure rate for thoracic epidural blocks is 23.1%. This stems from the prevalence of trainee operators coupled with the non-specific nature of loss-of-resistance.
- Trial name
- NCT02479763
- Testing
- Waveform-confirmed loss-of-resistance
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada, Thailand
- Volunteers
- 106 people
- Sponsor
- Montreal General Hospital