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N/A N=54 Randomized Treatment

Managing Post-operative Pain in Children With Cerebral Palsy Using a Pain Pump

Cerebral Palsy

Enrolled (actual)
54
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Aug 2021
Primary outcome: Primary: The Amount of Oral Analgesic Each Subject Consumed Over the 4-day Study Period. — 0.34; 0.24; 0.39; 0.19 mg/kg

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
N/A
Interventions
oral analgesic (Drug); intravenous analgesic per pump (Drug)
Age
Pediatric · 3+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
University of Colorado, Denver
Primary completion
Apr 2008

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
The Amount of Oral Analgesic Each Subject Consumed Over the 4-day Study Period.
0.34; 0.24; 0.39; 0.19; 0.29; 0.17
PRIMARY
The Amount of Pain Analyzed From Pain Scores for Each of the 4 Days.
6.70; 3.79; 5.17; 2.78; 3.43; 1.79
SECONDARY
Parent and Patient Satisfaction With the Post Operative Pain Management.
26; 22; 7; 1; 28

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine which pain management strategy continuous analgesic pump or orally-should be used in the management of children with cerebral palsy.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Children with cerebral palsy between 3 and 17 years old.
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) intubation grade I, II or III.
  • Ability of subject or primary caregivers to give informed consent, to understand what the study entails and to be able to complete the patient Pain Diary during the post-operative period. Subjects should be available for daily telephone follow-up until the data is completed and they should be able to return the completed Pain Diary to the Primary Investigator.
  • Willingness and understanding of parent or guardian to have their child randomized to receive either the continuous infusion pain pump device or oral analgesics for their child's pain management.
  • English or Spanish-speaking care parent or guardians who are able to complete the Pain Diary.

Exclusion Criteria

  • ASA IV or V,
  • Known allergy or sensitivity to bupivacaine,
  • Subjects who will have more than the above mentioned procedure performed during their surgical visit,
  • Subjects with significant kidney or liver disease,
  • Parents/guardians who are assessed by the PI or co-investigators to be unable or unwilling to complete the study's Pain Diary or behavioral tools, and
  • Parents/guardians who are unwilling to allow their child to be randomly assigned to receive either the pain pump with oral analgesics or oral medications alone.
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00884650). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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