Overview

Clinical Trial to Examine Individual Pain Tolerance in the Use of Two Anesthetic Techniques to Perform Saturation Prostate Biopsy

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2018-01-24
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
Male
Summary
To assess the effectiveness of two anesthetic techniques by measuring the pain through visual analog scale (VAS), to obtain saturation prostate biopsies.
Phase:
Phase 4
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña
Treatments:
Anesthetics
Ketamine
Mepivacaine
Midazolam
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Male patient

- Persistence of suspected prostate cancer by altering the prostatic specific antigen
and / or digital rectal examination.

- Two previous negative prostate biopsies .

- Age < 75 years.

- Signature of informed consent to perform prostate biopsy.

- Signature of informed consent for the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Age > 75 years.

- Absence of consent or refusal to the study .

- Presence of prostate cancer in previous biopsy observation .

- Medical-surgical patient's problems, absolutely contraindicating biopsy under local
anesthesia.

- Presence of any allergies to medications involved in the study .

- Patient's clinical situation that does not allow an outpatient operation and aftercare
required .

- Medical condition of the patient, preventing the realization of outpatient biopsy.

- No companion.