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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT02516059
Date of registration: 03/08/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University Hospital Inselspital, Berne
Public title: Early Postoperative Administration of Oxycodone +/- Naloxone and Duration of Epidural Analgesia
Scientific title: Does Postoperative Administration of Oral Oxycodone With/Without Naloxone, Reduce the Duration of Epidural Analgesia in Patients Undergoing Cystectomy Without Impairing Its Benefits? A Randomized, Double Blind Controlled Trial
Date of first enrolment: September 14, 2015
Target sample size: 90
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02516059
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Name:     Patrick Y Wuethrich, MD
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Affiliation:  Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Bern
Name:     Fiona C Burkhard, MD
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Affiliation:  Department of Urology, University Hospital Bern
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- At least 18 years old

- Informed Consent as documented by signature

- Renal function: eGFR >40ml/min

- Normal liver function

- Cystectomy with urinary diversion

- Use of thoracic epidural analgesia

Exclusion Criteria

- Contraindications to the class of drugs under study, e.g. known hypersensitivity or
allergy to class of drugs or the investigational product, i.e. known allergy to
oxycodone naloxone or other excipients

- Women who are pregnant or breast feeding, (exclusion for surgery per se)

- Known or suspected non-compliance, drug or alcohol abuse

- Inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g. due to language problems,
psychological disorders, dementia, severe psychiatric disorder, etc. of the
participant

- Severe asthma bronchiale, severe COPD

- Severe respiratory depression with hypoxia and/or hypercapnoea, cor pulmonale

- Preoperative use of MAO-Inhibitors (or has to be stopped 2 weeks before surgery)

- Patients with chronic pain

- Patients with regular use of antiemetics, laxatives, opioids or other types of
analgesics

- Preoperative regular use of non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs and steroids



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Postoperative Pain Management
Epidural Analgesia
Radical Cystectomy
Oral Oxycodone With/Without Naloxone
Return of the Bowel Function
Intervention(s)
Drug: oxycodone/naloxone
Device: epidural catheter
Drug: Oxycodone
Drug: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Length of stay of the epidural catheter in days [Time Frame: At removal of the catheter, expected to be on average of 6 days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Pain scores (NRS 0-10) at postoperative day (POD) 1 to POD 7 [Time Frame: From postoperative day (POD) 1 to 7]
Duration of the return of the bowel function in days [Time Frame: From postoperative day (POD) 1 to 7]
Secondary ID(s)
2015DR4112
068/15
WUPD 01-14
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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