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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT03241875
Date of registration: 29/07/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Faculty of Medicine, Sousse
Public title: Effects of Preoperative Gabapentin Versus Pregabalin on Shoulder Pain After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Scientific title: Effects of Preoperative Gabapentin Versus Pregabalin on Shoulder Pain After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. A Randomized Clinical Trial
Date of first enrolment: December 1, 2016
Target sample size: 90
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03241875
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Double (Participant, Care Provider).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Tunisia
Contacts
Name:     Mohamed Said Nakhli, MD
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Affiliation:  Faculty of Medicine, Sousse
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- uncomplicated laparoscopic cholecystectomy

- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) status < 3

Exclusion Criteria:

- acute cholecystitis

- conversion to open cholecystectomy

- history of epilepsia, psychiatric disorders and cognitive impairment

- Pregnancy and breastfeeding

- allergy to pregabalin and/or gabapentin

- Chronic pain

- Chronic medication by corticosteroids, neuroleptics or non steroidal anti inflammatory
drugs



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic
Pain, Postoperative
Intervention(s)
Drug: Gabapentin 300mg
Drug: Placebo oral capsule
Drug: Pregabalin 75mg
Primary Outcome(s)
Post operative shoulder pain [Time Frame: VAS score with rest at 2h, 6h, 12h, 24h and 48 hours after surgery]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Post operative sleep quality during the first night [Time Frame: first night after surgery]
remifentanil consumption during anesthesia [Time Frame: one hour after tracheal tube removal]
Post operative nausea and vomiting [Time Frame: 2, 6, 12, 24 and 48 hours after surgery.]
Secondary ID(s)
Nakhli anesthesia sahloul
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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