Local Anesthetic Infusion and Sternotomy

Overview

Cardiac surgery often induces acute postoperative pain and moreover chronic dysesthesia frequently occur long-term after sternotomy. The high doses of intraoperative opioïds are well known to enhance postoperative hyperalgesia (HA) and a perioperative local anesthetic agent infusion is one of the therapeutic strategies used to limit this phenomena. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a continuous Ropivacaïne sternal infusion compared with a saline serum infusion to limit postoperative HA, pain and morphine consumption (M) after sternotomy in cardiac surgery. This strategy could lead to lower postoperative morphine consumption and opioïd induced hyperalgesia.

Full Title of Study: “Study of Effectiveness of a Ropivacaïne Continuous Sternal Infusion to Reduce Postoperative Hyperalgesia Induced by Sternotomy After Cardiac Surgery”

Study Type

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design
    • Allocation: Randomized
    • Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
    • Primary Purpose: Treatment
    • Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
  • Study Primary Completion Date: January 2010

Detailed Description

– Principal Objective: comparison of peri-incisionnal dynamic hyperalgesia extend evaluated by Von Frey filament during the first postoperative week between the two groups. – Secondary Objective: comparison of peri-incisionnal static hyperalgesia (pain threshold) extend evaluated by Von Frey filament, postoperative pain scores, morphine consumption, hemodynamic and respiratory parameters during the first postoperative week and incidence of chronic pain and dysesthesia at six month between the two groups. Ropivacaïne plasmatic concentration will be monitored, during infusion. – Study design : monocentric, double blind randomized clinical trial comparing two groups of patients with a same intraoperative anesthetic management : – Group 1: Ropivacaïne infiltration before skin incision followed by a 48 hours Ropivacaïne continuous infusion after surgery through a sternal fenestrated catheter – Group 2: same protocol with pre and postoperative saline infusion Postoperative pain management is identical in the two groups based upon a Morphine sulfate PCA pump for the first 48 hours. • Number of subjects : 40 patients, 20 in each group

Interventions

  • Drug: Local anesthetic (Ropivacaine)
    • Local anesthetic infusion
  • Drug: Saline
    • Saline serum infusion

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • Experimental: 1
    • 48h postoperative infusion of ropivacaine
  • Placebo Comparator: 2
    • 48h postoperative infusion of NaCl.

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • hyperalgesia area size around the cicatrix
    • Time Frame: 24h after surgery

Secondary Measures

  • Peroperative monitoring datas
    • Time Frame: Peroperative
  • Dynamic hyperalgesia
    • Time Frame: Day 2, 3 and 6
  • Static hyperalgesia
    • Time Frame: Day 1, 2, 3 and 6
  • Ropivacaine plasmatic concentration
    • Time Frame: 24h and 48h

Participating in This Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patients aged from 50 to 75 years old – ASA score : 1-3 – Cardiac surgery with median sternotomy for: – single valve replacement, Bentall, Bahnson, Tyrone David procedure – single or multiple Cardiac Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) – combined surgery (valve replacement + CABG) – without predicted risk of postoperative complication – Informed consent obtained from the patient – Patient beneficiating of social insurance Exclusion Criteria:

  • patient refusal to participate in the study – Drug or alcohol abuse history – Analgesic or opioid consumption within the 12 hours preceding the surgery – Chronic use of analgesic drugs or history of chronic pain – Disability to understand morphine PCA use – Allergy to ropivacaine or other local anaesthesia – Patient treated by fluvoxamine or enoxamine – Patient suffering for liver insufficiency (child score >A) – Patient with major preoperative hypovolemia

Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: 50 Years

Maximum Age: 75 Years

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: No

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • University Hospital, Bordeaux
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Sponsor
  • Overall Official(s)
    • Olivier POUQUET, Dr, Principal Investigator, University Hospital, Bordeaux
    • Antoine BENARD, Dr, Study Chair, University Hospital, Bordeaux
    • Mathieu LAFARGUE, MD, Principal Investigator, University Hospital, Bordeaux
    • Alexandre OUATTARA, MD, Principal Investigator, University Hospital, Bordeaux

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