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Pectoral Nerves Blocks for Chronic Pain

Unknown statusEarly phase 1NCT02719795
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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)

The purpose of this study is to determine whether pectoral nerves blocks(PECS) would reduce chronic pain at 3 months after modified radical mastectomy(MRM)surgery.

Study details

Official title
Pectoral Nerves Blocks and Their Effect on Chronic Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery
Sponsor
First Affiliated Hospital Xi'an Jiaotong University
Start date
2016-04
Primary completion
2018-12
Sex
Female
Age range
from 18 Years to 70 Years
Results posted
No results posted in this snapshot
Countries
China
Total sites listed
1

Eligibility criteria

Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Modified radical mastectomy * American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status 1-3 * BMI 18-35 kg/m2 Exclusion Criteria: * Declining to give written informed consent; * Uncontrolled hypertension; * Allergy to local anesthetics; * Pregnancy; * Alcohol or drug abuse; * Prior breast surgery except for diagnostic biopsies; * Contraindication to the use of regional anesthesia; * History of chronic pain or psychiatric disorder and pregnant patients; * Consumption of NSAID, cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors or paracetamol within 24 hours before the investigation; * Infection at the needle site. * Inability to properly describe postoperative pain to investigators (eg, language barrier, neuropsychiatric disorder)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02719795