Effectiveness of an Opioid Sparing Pain Regimen in Cardiac Surgery
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2019-07-12
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The Inova Heart and Vascular Institute (IHVI) perform over 300 coronary artery bypass graft
(CABG) surgeries per year. While opioid medications are the institutional standard of care
for post-operative pain therapy little is known about the variation in pain scores, incidence
of post- operative complications, and cost of hospitalization when an alternative multimodal
pain regimen consisting of oral Gabapentin and intravenous Acetaminophen (IV APAP) is
utilized.
The objective is to determine whether there is a substantial difference in pain scores,
incidence of post-operative complications, and costs associated with hospitalization when a
non-opioid multimodal pain regimen is utilized A single- center, open label, prospective,
randomized, controlled clinical trial comprised of 20 total patients who have undergone
isolated CABG at the IHVI will be conducted. Separate cohorts will include patients receiving
opioid medications post-operatively (Group 1) and patients receiving the non-opioid regimen
of oral Gabapentin and IV APAP (Group 2) to be followed for 72 hours post CABG surgery.
Main outcome measures include pain scores in both study groups, requests for breakthrough
pain medication in both groups, gastrointestinal and respiratory complications of ileus and
reduction in tidal volumes or forced vital capacity (FVC) at baseline and at 72
hours,increase in serum AST/ALT, and comparison of cost of hospitalization between groups.
The objective of this pilot study is to provide evidence that multimodal pain therapy
utilizing IV APAP and PO Gabapentin will provide more effective pain relief than standard of
care opioids as evidenced by pain scores <2. And the reduced consumption of opioids will lead
to a reduction in ileus, no increase in AST/ALT, post-operative tidal volumes as assessed by
incentive spirometry comparable to pre- surgical values, while also showing a positive effect
on the cost of hospitalization.