NCT05008614Completed
Comparison of Continuous ESP Versus TEA After Thoracotomy
Continuous Erector Spinae Plane Block Versus Thoracic Epidural Analgesia After Thoracotomy: A Randomized Controlled Assessor-blinded Non-inferiority Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 4 Jun 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This prospective, randomized, assessor-blinded study is designed to evaluate the postoperative analgesic efficacy of the ultrasound-guided continuous erector spinae plane (ESP) block in patients undergoing thoracotomy. We hypothesize that US-guided ESP block is not inferior to thoracic epidural analgesia in terms of postoperative pain control in these patients.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 53 (actual)
- First submitted
- 3 Aug 2021
- Start date
- 22 Jul 2021
- Primary completion date
- 15 May 2024
- Lead sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
- Diseases
- Lung cancer
- NCT number
- NCT05008614
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 53
- From 22 Jul 2021 to the primary completion date, 15 May 2024
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- patients with chronic postoperative pain after thoracic surgery
- patients undergoing thoracotomy with chest wall resection
Other illness
- allergies to anesthetic or analgesic medications
- Medical or psychological disease that can affect the treatment response
Other
- patients with coagulopathy or who continue to take anticoagulants
- preoperative liver or renal dysfunction
- patients with chronic pain, chronic opioid, analgesic or antidepressant or anticonvulsant use
- Do not understand our study
Who the study is looking for
- Patients scheduled to undergo elective thoracotomy for lung cancer
- European Cooperative Oncology Group 0 or 1
- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical classification I-III
- Willingness and ability to sign an informed consent document
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seoul National University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seoul | South Korea | Unknown status |
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