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Lidocaine and Ketamine Versus Standard Care on Acute and Chronic Pain

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Study:

The Effect of Thoracolumbar Paravertebral Block or Intravenous Lidocaine and Ketamine Versus Standard Care on Acute and Chronic Pain After Inguinal Herniorrhaphy

Rationale:

n/a

Purpose:

The investigators are conducting this study to find out if intravenous (injected through the vein) infusion of lidocaine and ketamine administered with general anesthesia is as effective as a paravertebral block in lessening pain after surgery and that both of these techniques are superior to general anesthesia alone in reducing pain immediately after surgery and in the long-term.

Study Status: Recruiting

Recruiting:
Kenneth Cummings, MD 440-312-5259 cummink2@ccf.org

Condition Intervention Phase
Pain
Nausea		 Drug: ropivacaine
Drug: Lidocaine/Ketamine
Other: placebo		 N/A

Verified by Outcomes Research Consortium July, 2008

Sponsored by: Outcomes Research Consortium
Information provided by: Outcomes Research Consortium
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00720330

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Treatment, Randomized, Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study

Cleveland Clinic/Hillcrest Hospital
Mayfield Heights, Ohio 44124
United States

Kenneth Cummings, MD., Principal Investigator
Daniel I Sessler, MD., Study Chair

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