Acute and Chronic Pain, Especially Neuropathic Pain, After Thoracotomy and Continuous Application of Ketamine.
CompletedNot applicableNCT03105765
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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)
Chronic Pain, especially neuropathic pain, are adverse events after posterolateral thoracotomy for lung resection. The continuous application of ketamine may have a prophylactic effect and helps to prevent chronic pain. The investigators record the incidence and severity of acute pain and neuropathic pain during a seven day period after thoracotomy as well as the incidence of chronic pain and neuropathic pain after one and three month period. Parallel Group design, comparing one Group with a continuous application (24 hours) of ketamine against a Placebo Group.
Study details
- Official title
- Effects of Prophylactic Administration of Ketamine on Acute and Chronic Pain After Thoracotomy for Lung Cancer, a Double Blind Randomised Trial.
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Sponsor
- Dr. Horst Schmidt Klinik GmbH
- Start date
- 2011-01
- Primary completion
- 2014-08
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Germany
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * posterolateral thoracotomy for lung parenchyma resection * informed consent * ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) Status I-III Exclusion Criteria: * history of chronic pain * history of neuropathic pain * pregnancy or breastfeeding * participation in another trial * hypersensitivity for ketamine * medication with can influence neuropathic pain (gabapentin, clonazepam) * history of neurological or behavioral illness * history of alcohol abuse * history of chemotherapy or radiation * opioid medication
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03105765