Help With Early Detection of Postoperative Neuropathic Pain Using SMS After Ambulatory Surgery
CompletedNot applicableNCT04313855
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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 post-operative pain is generally defined by persistent pain more than 2 months after surgery. General reviews on chronic post-operative pain describe an overall incidence of 30%, of which 5 to 10% are described as severe. Different risk factors have been identified: pain and preoperative opioid use, anxiety - depression, catastrophism, type of surgery, intensity and duration of postoperative pain, genetic factors. If postoperative pain is essentially pain caused by excess nociceptive stimulation, investigators realize that a neuropathic component is far from being exceptional and that this can be demonstrated quickly after surgery. In addition, these neuropathic pains respond little or no to the usual analgesics and in particular to opioids, which can be the cause of misuse or death from overdose. Early detection of pain of a neuropathic nature would allow appropriate therapy to be put in place and may therefore reduce the risk of chronic postoperative pain. The concept of ambulatory surgery assumes that postoperative pain will be minimal and can be controlled at home by the administration of oral pain relievers. However, following the development of surgical techniques and the improvement in the quality of care, the number and complexity of procedures that can be performed in ambulatory surgery have increased considerably. Consequently, a significant number of patients will probably develop chronic post-operative pain without the possibility of early detection. The prevalence of chronic post-operative pain in ambulatory surgery has been studied by a single team. The authors conclude that it is underestimated and variable depending on the surgery between 15 and 32%. For the past few years, the GHPSJ has been using an ambulatory surgery algorithm that sends SMS messages to warn and follow up on patients. The principle is simple: patients scheduled for outpatient surgery receive text messages the day before their intervention to remind them of the instructions…
Study details
- Official title
- Help With Early Detection of Postoperative Neuropathic Pain Using SMS After Ambulatory Surgery
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Diagnostic test: SMS in the early detection of postoperative neuropathic pain
- Sponsor
- Fondation Hôpital Saint-Joseph
- Start date
- 2020-12-09
- Primary completion
- 2022-07-07
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 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: * Patient aged ≥ 18 years * Patient hospitalized on an outpatient basis within the Paris Saint Joseph Hospital Group in the following different surgical specialties: orthopedics, digestive, vascular, gynecological, plastic and restorative * French speaking patient * Patient with smartphone * Patient affiliated to a social security scheme * Patient having given oral, free, informed and express consent Exclusion Criteria: * Patient under guardianship or curatorship * Patient deprived of liberty
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04313855