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Knee replacement patients may need less morphine with gabapentin
NCT ID NCT01307202
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether giving multiple doses of gabapentin before and after total knee replacement surgery can reduce the amount of morphine needed for pain. 101 adults having elective knee replacement took part. The goal was to see if gabapentin could lower pain and morphine-related side effects like nausea and dizziness.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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101 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2007
- Finished
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Feb 2011
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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19 to 90 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * participants aged 19-90 * elective single joint, primary total knee arthroplasty * use of PCA with morphine for postoperative pain control has been discussed and agreed upon between patient and anesthetist Exclusion Criteria: * bilateral total knee arthroplasty * revision knee arthroplasty * underlying disease of epilepsy, seizure, or chronic pain syndrome * active gastrointestinal bleeding within the last 6 months * history of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) induced asthma * known or suspected history of drug or alcohol abuse * participant currently takes gabapentin or pregabalin for any reason * participant currently takes pain medication that is more potency than codeine or oxycodone (morphine, hydromorphone, meperidine, methadone, fentanyl, including any long acting narcotics) * known allergy to study medications: gabapentin, morphine, NSAID, acetaminophen * unable to tolerate morphine * liver impairments * kidney impairment or calculated creatinine clearance by Cockcroft-Gault formula is \<=60ml/min * pregnancy or breast-feeding * participant currently receives associated worker's compensation benefits (WSIB) * participant unable or unwilling to give written or informed consent * unable to use PCA
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hamilton Health Sciences
Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3Z5, Canada
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