Superficial Cervical Plexus Block Versus Ketamine in the Prevention of Chronic Pain After Thyroidectomy
CompletedPhase 4NCT07230392
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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 goal of our work is to to compare the effect of preemptive Ketamine administration versus superficial cervical plexus block on the incidence of postoperative neuropathic pain in patients undergoing thyroidectomy
Study details
- Official title
- Comparison of Superficial Cervical Plexus Block and Ketamine in the Prevention of Chronic Pain After Thyroidectomy: Results of a Prospective Randomized Study
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain
- Thyroidectomy
- Interventions
- Drug: Ketamine perfusion
- Procedure: Superficial cervical plexus block
- Sponsor
- University Tunis El Manar
- Start date
- 2024-10-14
- Primary completion
- 2025-04-25
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 80 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Tunisia
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults aged 18 to 80 years * Scheduled for thyroidectomy under general anesthesia. * American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-III. * Able to understand the study procedures and provide written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Known allergy to ketamine or local anesthetics * Severe renal impairment with estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) under 30 mL/min * History of neurological disorders * History of psychiatric illness * History of severe cardiac disease (NYHA III-IV) or serious arrhythmias * Pregnancy or breastfeeding * Morbid obesity (BMI \> 40 kg/m²) * Cognitive or communication impairment * Refusal to participate
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07230392