Preventing Pain After Heart Surgery

PHASE4CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

150

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

December 12, 2011

Primary Completion Date

March 7, 2013

Study Completion Date

March 7, 2013

Conditions
PainHyperalgesiaChronic IllnessNeuropathic Pain
Interventions
DRUG

Pregabalin

150mg (2hrs) pre operatively and twice daily post operatively for 10 days, followed by dose reduction to 75mg twice daily for 2 days and finally to 50 mg twice daily for 2 days

DRUG

Ketamine infusion

0.1mg/kg/hr for 48 hours post operatively

DRUG

Placebo capsules

Single capsule (2hrs) pre operatively and twice daily post operatively for 10 days, followed by dose reduction to single capsule twice daily for 2 days and finally to single capsule twice daily for 2 days

DRUG

Placebo infusion

Normal saline placebo intravenous infusion for 48 hours

Trial Locations (1)

EC1A 7BE

Pain and Ananesthesia Research Centre, Barts and The London NHS Trust, London

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Barts & The London NHS Trust

OTHER

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