60
Participants
Start Date
August 6, 2018
Primary Completion Date
October 22, 2019
Study Completion Date
October 22, 2019
30 mg Paracetamol 3% (1 mL)
Single administration by intrathecal injection just before spinal anaesthesia. The injection will be performed according to the hospital procedures. For the intrathecal injection of Paracetamol followed by the intrathecal injection of the anaesthetic, two needles will be used: one introducer needle, which will serve to introduce the second needle through the skin, plus one intrathecal Pencil point needle (27-G or 25-Gauge or Reganesth or Nizell needle) to which the first syringe containing Paracetamol will be attached first, followed by the second syringe with the anaesthetic. In this way only one intrathecal puncture will be performed. Lumbar puncture will be done according to the standard hospital procedures.
60 mg Paracetamol 3% (2 mL)
Single administration by intrathecal injection just before spinal anaesthesia. The injections will be performed according to the hospital procedures. For the intrathecal injection of Paracetamol followed by the intrathecal injection of the anaesthetic, two needles will be used: one introducer needle, which will serve to introduce the second needle through the skin, plus one intrathecal Pencil point needle (27-G or 25-Gauge or Reganesth or Nizell needle) to which the first syringe containing Paracetamol will be attached first, followed by the second syringe with the anaesthetic. In this way only one intrathecal puncture will be performed. Lumbar puncture will be done according to the standard hospital procedures.
90 mg Paracetamol 3% (3 mL)
Single administration by intrathecal injection just before spinal anaesthesia. The injections will be performed according to the hospital procedures. For the intrathecal injection of Paracetamol followed by the intrathecal injection of the anaesthetic, two needles will be used: one introducer needle, which will serve to introduce the second needle through the skin, plus one intrathecal Pencil point needle (27-G or 25-Gauge or Reganesth or Nizell needle) to which the first syringe containing Paracetamol will be attached first, followed by the second syringe with the anaesthetic. In this way only one intrathecal puncture will be performed. Lumbar puncture will be done according to the standard hospital procedures.
Placebo, 0.9% saline solution
Single administration by intrathecal injection just before spinal anaesthesia. The injections will be performed according to the hospital procedures. For the intrathecal injection of Placebo followed by the intrathecal injection of the anaesthetic, two needles will be used: one introducer needle, which will serve to introduce the second needle through the skin, plus one intrathecal Pencil point needle (27-G or 25-Gauge or Reganesth or Nizell needle) to which the first syringe containing Placebo will be attached first, followed by the second syringe with the anaesthetic. In this way only one intrathecal puncture will be performed. Lumbar puncture will be done according to the standard hospital procedures.
NIMP: Chloroprocaine HCl 1% (10 mg/mL), solution for injection
Immediately after intrathecal administration of the Paracetamol dose or Placebo, all patients will receive a single intrathecal dose of Chloroprocaine HCl 1% according to the Summary of Product Characteristics indications. Time interval between the 2 administrations should not exceed 2 min.
Department of Anaesthesiology, Clinica Ars Medica, Gravesano
Collaborators (1)
Cross Research S.A.
INDUSTRY
Sintetica SA
INDUSTRY