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NCT Number: NCT00408044

Dysesthesia Study After Sternotomy

Chronic pain associated to sternotomy occurs in 40 to 50% of patients after cardiac surgery.

33 to 66% of these patients suffer during 3 month and 25 to 33% have postoperative pain for at least 1 year.

This pain has often negative effects on daily activity. Despite its frequency and importance, the etiology of this chronic pain is not completely understood.

The goal of this study is to understand the mechanism of this chronic pain, to prevent and/or to treat better in the future.

The sensitivity of the thorax after cardiac surgery seems to follow a dynamic evolution which can be observed within several weeks. Therefore we decided to study this evolution.

This study is different from previous ones observing the sensitivity of the thorax at a well defined moment immediately after the surgery.

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Key information

Conditions

Ischemic Cardiopathy Other Forms of Cardiopathy

Age range

18 year–85 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc

Brussels, 1200, Belgium

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Cardiac surgery with sternotomy

Exclusion criteria

  • patients with chronic pain
  • redo surgery
  • patients with neurological pathologies
  • patients treated with antidepressant medication

Treatment and study plan

cardiac surgery with sternotomy

Procedure

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Pain After Sternotomy

Important dates

Study start
2006
Primary completion
2007
Study completion
2007
First posted
Dec 5, 2006
Registry last updated
May 20, 2008

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