Thoracic Epidural Analgesia in Flail Chest

January 21, 2018 updated by: Mostafa hassanien hassanien bakr, Assiut University

Thoracic Epidural Morphine Versus Triamcinolone Acetonide Analgesia in Flail Chest

The applicability of different thoracic epidural analgesia for patients with flail chest

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Unknown

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

Pain due to traumatic rib fractures may be associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Fracture ribs cause severe pain that adversely affects patients' ability to cough and breathe deeply, that may lead to decreased ventilator efforts, atelectasis, pneumonia and finally respiratory failure. That further results in longer intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital length of stay and higher mortality. Effective pain relief, chest physiotherapy and respiratory care are the points of management. Effective analgesia enables the patient to breathe deeply, cough out the secretions and comply with chest physiotherapy. Multiple pain relief treatment options are available, such as oral analgesics, intravenous opioids, patient-controlled opioid analgesia, interpleural blocks, intercostals blocks, para vertebral blocks, and epidural analgesia Recent studies reported that epidural analgesia reduces morbidity after major thoracic, abdominal and vascular surgeries, but in patients with rib fractures, Successful treatment for rib fracture pain usually requires both pharmacologic and interventional approaches .Single modality treatment, which may incite respiratory depression, is suboptimal in these patients, many of whom already manifest a compromised respiratory system. Interventional procedures, while opioid sparing, carry their own inherent risks. Intercostals nerve blocks may not be feasible in the setting of multiple rib fractures, because of patient discomfort and the risk of local aesthetic toxicity. Use of an epidural catheter with continuous infusion of local anaesthetics and opioids may pose challenges in a community hospital setting, as 24 hours in-house coverage is often unavailable. While single-shot thoracic epidural steroid injections have been used for herniated intervertebral discs, herpes zoster pain, and post herpetic neuralgia (PHN), their use in patients with rib fracture pain has not been previously reported in the literature. An epidural steroid injection delivers steroids directly into the epidural space in the spine. Sometimes additional fluid (local aesthetic and/or a normal saline solution) is used to help 'flush out' inflammatory mediators from around the area that may be a source of pain ..Typically, a solution containing cortisone (steroid) with local aesthetic (lidocaine or bupivacaine), and/or saline is used.A steroid, or cortisone, is usually injected as an anti-inflammatory agent. Inflammation is a common component of many low back conditions and reducing inflammation helps reduce pain. Triamcinolone acetonide, Dexamethasone, and Methyl prednisolone acetate are commonly used steroids.

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

Enrollment

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40

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 2
  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

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Study Contact Backup

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 60 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Older than 18 years.
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status 1 or 2.
  • mentally competent and able to give consent for enrollment in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patient refusal.
  • Psychiatric disorder
  • Patient younger than 18 years old
  • Allergy to local anesthetics, systemic opioids (fentanyl, morphine)
  • Impaired kidney functions and patient with coagulopathy will be also excluded.
  • Chronic pain syndromes and patients with chronic opioid use defined as use of regular daily doses of systemic narcotics for the past 6 months prior to the surgery.
  • BMI of 40 or more

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Active Comparator: morphine sulfate group
patients in this arm will receive : morphine dose 0.1mg /kg with 9 ml of 0.25 % bupivacaine with through epidural catheter on admission Then continuous epidural infusion of bupivacaine (0.1 mg.kg-1.h) 1st 72 hours
Drug: Morphine Sulfate
Thoracic Epidural morphine
Other Names:
  • morphine
Active Comparator: triamcinolone acetonide group
patients in this arm will receive will receive a mixture of 9 ml of 0.125 % bupivacaine with 80mg of triamcinolone ( 10 ml total volume) through epidural catheter on admission
Drug: Triamcinolone Acetonide
thoracic epidural triamcinolone acetonide
Other Names:
  • Triamcinolone

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
visual analogue score
Time Frame: 7 days
mean visual analogue score (scale of 0 to 100) indicating the severity of pain
7 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
ICU stay
Time Frame: 7 days
from ICU admission to ICU discharge
7 days
chest infection
Time Frame: 7 days
incidence of developing chest infection
7 days
hospital stay
Time Frame: 7 days
length of hospital stay
7 days

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Assiut University

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Emad Z Saed, Lecturer. ansethsia department. Faculty of medicine .assuit unveristy.

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Anticipated)

Study Start

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February 1, 2018

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

Primary Completion

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July 1, 2018

Study Completion (Anticipated)

Study Completion

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July 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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April 26, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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January 21, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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January 29, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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January 29, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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January 21, 2018

Last Verified

Last Verified

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June 1, 2017

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • IRB1000

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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