KETOR: Effects of Peri Operative Administration of Ketamine on Long Term Post Thoracotomy Pain

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2005-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

We assessed the effects of the N Methyl aspartate receptor antagonist Ketamine on long-term post thoracotomy pain. We hypothesized that ketamine could prevent supersensitization of the central nervous system involved in this chronic neuropathic pain.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
• Collaborators: Clinical Research Unit; Direction Régionale de la Recherche Clinique D'ILE DE FRANCE; European Georges Pompidou Hospital
• Treatments: Ketamine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients eligible for thoracotomy or pneumectomy

Exclusion Criteria:

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