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NCT03618459
Post-discharge Pain After Breast-surgery Treated by Paravertebral Block
trial testing Phone questionnaire in Mastectomy, Segmental in 244 participants. Completed in 30 June 2017.
30 April 2017
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Samuele Ceruti |
|---|---|
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | OBSERVATIONAL |
| Enrollment | 244 |
| Start date | 1 January 2016 |
| Primary completion | 30 April 2017 |
| Estimated completion | 30 June 2017 |
| Sites | 1 location across Switzerland |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Phone questionnaire
Conditions studied
- Mastectomy, Segmental — all drugs for Mastectomy, Segmental →
- Regional Anesthesia — all drugs for Regional Anesthesia →
Sponsor
Samuele Ceruti
Who can join
18 and older, female only, with Mastectomy, Segmental or Regional Anesthesia. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Breast surgery is known being associated to a high risk of persistent post-operative pain, which has been related, among other factors, to a poorly treated acute pain. Paravertebral block has been successfully employed for anesthesia and analgesia after breast surgery, however its impact on persistent post-operative pain has rarely been investigated. Aim of this study is to assess prevalence, characteristics and consequences of post-discharge pain and its correlation to the incidence of persistent post-operative pain development in a continuous cohort of patients undergoing breast surgery with a paravertebral block. Investigators designed a prospective, observational study on a continuous cohort of adult patients undergoing breast surgery with a standardized thoracic paravertebral block performed before general anesthesia induction. Patients were subsequently interviewed 6 months after hospital discharge in order to assess the incidence, features and duration of post-discharge pain.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Persistent postdischarge pain and chronic postoperative pain after breast cancer surgery under general anesthesia and single-shot paravertebral block: incidence, characteristics and impact on quality of life and healthcare costs.
Saporito A, Aguirre J, Borgeat A, Perren A, et al · · 2019 · cited 15× · PMID 31114301 · DOI 10.2147/jpr.s195702
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03618459 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Samuele Ceruti
- Last refreshed: 7 August 2018
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