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Last refreshed on: 8 February 2016
Main ID:  NCT02397603
Date of registration: 15/03/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Cairo University
Public title: Peri-neural Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Bupivacaine Induced Paravertebral Block in Patients Undergonig Thoracotomy
Scientific title: Peri-neural Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Bupivacaine-induced Paravertebral Block in Patients Undergoing Thoracotomy
Date of first enrolment: February 2015
Target sample size: 40
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02397603
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Egypt
Contacts
Name:     Mohamed Abdulatif, MD.
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Affiliation:  Professor of anesthesia, surgical intensive care and pain management cairo university
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- American society of anesthesiologists physical status class ||or |||.

- Patients scheduled for elective thoracotomy.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pneumonectomy, decortication, pleural biopsy.

- Additional chest wall resection.

- Emergency surgery.

- Central and peripheral neuropathies.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 60 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Acute Post-thoracotomy Pain
Intervention(s)
Drug: Bupivacaine saline
Drug: dexmedetomidine bupivacaine
Primary Outcome(s)
Duration of first loading preoperative dose of paravertebral injectate [Time Frame: One day]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Total intraoperative ephedrine and atropine requirements [Time Frame: Intraoperative period, up to 3-4 hours]
Total intraoperative fentanyl requirements [Time Frame: Intraoperative period, up to 3-4 hours]
Number of paravertebral to-up injections [Time Frame: 48 hours postoperatively]
Duration of surgery and anesthesia [Time Frame: Intraoperative period, up to 3-4 hours]
Recovery time [Time Frame: Immediate postoperative period, up to 2 hour]
End tidal isoflurane [Time Frame: Duration of anesthesia, up to 3-4 hours]
Total doses of bupivacaine, dexmedetomidine, and morphine [Time Frame: 48 hours postoperatively]
Total intraoperative crystalloid requirements [Time Frame: Intraoperative period, up to 3-4 hours]
Pain intensities at rest and during coughing as assessed by 0-10 VAS score [Time Frame: Over 48 hours postoperatively]
Side effects [Time Frame: 48 hours postoperatively]
Secondary ID(s)
N-16-2015
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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