KETOR: Effects of Peri Operative Administration of Ketamine on Long Term Post Thoracotomy Pain
CompletedPhase 3NCT00224588
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
We assessed the effects of the N Methyl aspartate receptor antagonist Ketamine on long-term post thoracotomy pain. We hypothesized that ketamine could prevent supersensitization of the central nervous system involved in this chronic neuropathic pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Effects of Peri Operative Administration of Ketamine on Long Term Post Thoracotomy Pain
- Interventions
- Drug: Ketamine (or placebo : isotonic saline solution)
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
- Collaborators
- Direction Régionale de la Recherche Clinique D'ILE DE FRANCE; Clinical Research Unit; European Georges Pompidou Hospital
- Start date
- 2003-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 80 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- France
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients eligible for thoracotomy or pneumectomy Exclusion Criteria: \-
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00224588