Could a common numbing drug ease colon cancer surgery recovery?
NCT ID NCT06923787
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether giving lidocaine (a numbing drug) through a vein during colon cancer surgery can reduce pain, lower the need for strong painkillers, and help the bowel start working sooner. One hundred adults undergoing laparoscopic colon cancer surgery will be randomly assigned to receive lidocaine or a placebo. The goal is to see if this simple addition can improve recovery without major side effects.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- lidocaine
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, low-cost way to improve recovery after colon cancer surgery by reducing pain and opioid use.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial. Lidocaine may not reduce pain or opioid use more than placebo, and results may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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18 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * colon cancer of any stage of the disease for which elective laparoscopic colon resection and colonic anastomosis will be performed, * age of patients between 18 and 80 years, * low to moderate risk of anesthesia (ASA up to and including 3), * ability to understand the study and to sign an informed consent to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy, * pregnancy or breastfeeding, * known allergy to lidocaine * cardiac rhythm disturbances (bradycardia \< 45 beats/min, complete heart block, use of group III antiarrhythmics), * status post cardiac arrest, * porphyria, * myasthenia gravis, * severe hepatic impairment (cirrhosis, ascites, bleeding disorders, jaundice, encephalopathy), * renal disease (hamodialysis, creatinine clearance \<30 mL/min), * epilepsy, * active infection, * presence of viral or systemic fungal disease, * uncontrolled psychotic state, * ulcerative gastric or duodenal disease, * chronic corticosteroid therapy.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Institute of Oncology Ljubljana
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLjubljana, 1000, Slovenia
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Institute of Oncology Ljubljana
RECRUITINGLjubljana, 1000, Slovenia
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