Overview

Lidocaine and Prevention of Chronic Pain

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2015-01-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
Female
Summary
The study seeks to investigate a safe and inexpensive strategy to reduce persistent post-surgical pain that can affect up to 60% of patients undergoing surgical procedures. Hypotheses: Perioperative systemic lidocaine reduces the persistence of chronic pain in patients undergoing surgical procedures.
Phase:
N/A
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Northwestern University
Treatments:
Lidocaine
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Age 18-64,

- Females undergoing gynecological, urological or breast surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

- pregnant,

- history of chronic use of opioids,

- allergy to local anesthetics,

- history of cardiac arrhythmias Drop out: patient or surgeon request