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NCT05153785CompletedPhase 2/3

Perioperative Intravenous Lidocaine in Liver Surgery

Intravenous Lidocaine for Postoperative Recovery in Liver Surgery, a Randomized Double Blinded Placebo-controlled Study

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 Jan 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This is a randomized double blinded placebo-controlled study, conducted in Lund, Sweden. Patients will be randomized in two groups, with a ratio of 1:1. The experimental arm will receive intravenous Lidocaine perioperatively, and the Control arm will receive placebo, i.e. normal Saline. Postoperative both arms will get routine pain Control with PCA, Patient Controlled Analgesia with an intravenous Oxycodone-infusion. Outcome-measures will include patients pain intensity scoring, and opioid consumption.

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 2/3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
124 (actual)
First submitted
12 Nov 2021
Start date
15 Nov 2021
Primary completion date
12 Jun 2025
Lead sponsor
Lund University Hospital
NCT number
NCT05153785
EudraCT number
2019-002361-35

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2/3
  • Participants enrolled: 124
  • From 15 Nov 2021 to the primary completion date, 12 Jun 2025
  • 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

  • Treatment with class III anti-arythimic medication
  • Use of : Erythromycin, clarithromycin, Fluvoxamine, Cimetidine, ciprofloxacin, antivirala-HIV-läkemedel or imidazol the week before surgery.

Other illness

  • Allergy against Lidocain or other amid-type local anasthesia
  • Heart failure
  • Epilepsy

Other

  • Pregnancy
  • Cirrosis
  • ASA\>3
  • Elevated liver enzymes
  • AV-block \>1, without pacemaker
  • WHO class \>2
  • Preoperative ongoing opioid usage

Who the study is looking for

  • Age 18 yy
  • Patient planned for minor hepatectomy
  • Signed informed consent

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Skåne University Hospital of Lund
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LundSwedenUnknown status

This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.