Gabapentin And Breast Surgery Decision Architecture Randomization Trial (GABS-DART) Protocol

December 17, 2025 updated by: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
This study aims to assess whether gabapentin should be a standard component of peri-operative pain control in mastectomy patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

1896

Phase

  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

    • New Jersey
      • Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States, 07920
        • Recruiting
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering at Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol Activities)
        • Contact:
          • James Flory, MD
          • Phone Number: 646-608-2684
      • Middletown, New Jersey, United States, 07748
        • Recruiting
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited Protocol Activities)
        • Contact:
          • James Flory, MD
          • Phone Number: 646-608-2684
      • Montvale, New Jersey, United States, 07645
        • Recruiting
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities)
        • Contact:
          • James Flory, MD
          • Phone Number: 646-608-2684
    • New York
      • Commack, New York, United States, 11725
        • Recruiting
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center @ Suffolk-Commack (Limited protocol activities)
        • Contact:
          • James Flory, MD
          • Phone Number: 646-608-2684
      • Harrison, New York, United States, 10604
        • Recruiting
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Limited protocol activities)
        • Contact:
          • James Flory, MD
          • Phone Number: 646-608-2684
      • New York, New York, United States, 10065
        • Recruiting
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
        • Contact:
          • James Flory, MD
          • Phone Number: 646-608-2684
      • Uniondale, New York, United States, 11553
        • Recruiting
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited Protocol Activities)
        • Contact:
          • James Flory, MD
          • Phone Number: 646-608-2684

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age 18 to 65 years
  • Undergoing ambulatory extended recover (AXR) mastectomy (bilateral or unilateral) at the Josie Robertson Surgical Center (JSRC)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • None

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control Arm
Standard of care
Experimental: Intervention Arm
The study intervention will consist of modification to the pre-operative order set to remove gabapentin.
Modification to the pre-operative order set to remove gabapentin

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Amount of postoperative morphine milligram equivalents/MMEs required after mastectomy
Time Frame: Up to 46 months
Determine the effect of peri-operative gabapentin use on pain control in the PACU operationalized as the top quartile of postoperative morphine milligram equivalents/MMEs required in participants undergoing mastectomy
Up to 46 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: James Flory, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

December 16, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

December 16, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

December 16, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 17, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 17, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

December 30, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

December 30, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 17, 2025

Last Verified

December 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center supports the international committee of medical journal editors (ICMJE) and the ethical obligation of responsible sharing of data from clinical trials. The protocol summary, a statistical summary, and informed consent form will be made available on clinicaltrials.gov when required as a condition of Federal awards, other agreements supporting the research and/or as otherwise required. Requests for deidentified individual participant data can be made beginning 12 months after publication and for up to 36 months post publication. Deidentified individual participant data reported in the manuscript will be shared under the terms of a Data Use Agreement and may only be used for approved proposals. Requests may be made to: crdatashare@mskcc.org.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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