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New pain block could help patients who Can't have epidurals after chest surgery

NCT ID NCT00620490

Symptom relief Sponsor: University Hospital, Strasbourg, France Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tested a pain relief method for people having chest surgery who cannot get an epidural. Instead, surgeons placed a small tube near the spine to deliver the numbing drug ropivacaine for 48 hours. All patients also received morphine through a pump they control themselves. The goal was to see if this approach reduces pain, lowers morphine use, and causes fewer side effects.

What this could mean

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Active substance
ropivacaine
What this could lead to
If it works, this could provide a safer pain relief option for patients who cannot receive epidural anesthesia after chest surgery.
What could go wrong
This is a small, completed trial with only 60 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. The benefit over standard care may be modest.

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Study facts

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Phase

Phase 3

Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.

Participants

60 people

The number who actually took part.

Start date

Mar 2008

Finished

Mar 2009

Lead sponsor

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

18 to 80 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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: * Patients scheduled for thoracotomy who presented with contraindications to TEA.Contraindications to TEA are : * Patient's refusal after informations about advantages and risks of the technique * Anti platelets treatment that can't be discontinued * Anticoagulants at a curative dosage- haemostasis and/or coagulation disorders: thrombopenia \< 100.000/mm3, ACT \> 1,5 / control, PTT \< 75%- Systemic or local infection of the puncture point * 2 and 3 grade atrio-ventricular heart block without pacing * Severe aortic valve stenosis * Kyphoscoliosis * certain neurological disorders Exclusion Criteria: * Patient's refusal to participate in the study * Psychiatric disorder (impossibility to collect the informed consent) * Patient under juridical protection * On going an other study * Pregnancy, breastfeeding * Non balanced epilepsy * 3 grade auriculae-ventricular heart block without pacing * Severe hepatocellular insufficiency * Anti arrhythmic treatment : class III of the Vaughan William's classification- Skin infection of the puncture point * Allergy to aminoamides local anaesthetic * Surgical difficulties to insert paravertebral catheter

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Conditions

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Pain

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Pain

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Hôpitaux Universitaires

    Strasbourg, France

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