NCT01986946 - Epidural Analgesia Versus IV Analgesia in Lumbar Spine Fusions | Biotech Hunter

Enrollment

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 31, 2013

Primary Completion Date

September 30, 2015

Study Completion Date

September 30, 2015

Conditions

Lumbar Spine FusionPainBack Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Epidural Catheter - Dilaudid

Placement of an epidural catheter to administer local anesthetic and opioid (dilaudid) to the epidural space will be studied as compared to use of intravenous opioid (dilaudid) for pain control following lumbar spine fusion surgery.

DRUG

Dilaudid

Patients in this arm will receive intravenous patient-controlled opioid analgesia (Dilaudid).

Trial Locations (1)

27710

Duke University Hospital, Durham