Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Quebec

Code:

NCT04415242

Conditions

Post-thoracotomy Pain Syndrome

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

positioning

Study Details

Brief summary:

The investigators want to be able to show a 66% decrease in the incidence of shoulder pain in the "support" group compared to the "suspension" group.

Conditions

Post-thoracotomy Pain Syndrome

Study ID

NCT04415242

Start date

Jun 18, 2020

Status verified date

Jul, 2020

Completion date

Mar 30, 2021

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 31, 2020

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Any patient in whom the management of a bronchopulmonary cancer, or his strong suspicion, justifies a bilobectomy, a lobectomy or a segmentectomy by videothoracoscopy.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • surgery extended to the chest wall, including extra-pleural resections,

  • Pleurectomy,
  • Chronic pain patient suffering from chronic pain preoperatively,
  • Fibromyalgia patient,
  • Chronic taking of analgesic or anti-inflammatory medications during the preoperative period, namely taking at least daily for more than 4 weeks,
  • Patient with a history of orthopedic surgery of the upper limb ipsilateral to the surgery,
  • Patient with mechanical limitation of the joint range of the upper limb ipsilateral to surgery,
  • Non-French speaking patient,
  • Pregnant woman,
  • Patient under 18-year-old,
  • Patient whose BMI is greater than or equal to 35 kg / m2
  • Glomerular filtration rate less than <50 ml / min

Study Design

Enrollment

134 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: suspension group

Arm on the side operated at 90 ° abduction, 90 ° anti-drive, resting on an arm support.

experimental: supported group

Arm on the operated side at 0 ° abduction, 90 ° anti-pulsation, resting on an adjustable support arm support located opposite the patient's head.

Interventions

positioning

different positioning prior surgery

Primary outcome measure

  • post thoracoscopy shoulder pain measured on the Visual Pain Scale [ Time Frame: from the recovery unit to post-operative day 2 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Geraud Galvaing, MD, MSc

+14186564945geraud.galvaing@clermont.unicancer.fr

Anne Sophie Laliberté, MD

+14186564945

Locations

Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec

Recruiting

Québec, Quebec, Canada, G1v4G5

Contacts

Geraud Galvaing, MD, MSc

+14156564945geraud.galvaing@clermont.unicancer.fr

Anne Sophie Laliberté, MD

+14186564945

More Information

Sponsor

Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Quebec

Last update posted

Jul 15, 2020

Last verified

Jul, 2020

Keywords

  • VATS
  • shoulder pain
  • pulmonary resection

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Quebec on 2020-07-15.