Acute Pain Trajectories and Persistent Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast Neoplasms

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02823015

ANES-AS-002

Details and patient eligibility

About

Persistent pain after breast cancer surgery (PPBCS) is a significant clinical problem, affecting between 25 and 50% of patients. Several factors are associated with the development of PPBCS, including acute postoperative pain. The analysis of pain trajectories through mixed model modeling is an alternative to static pain measures, improving precision and providing information on the time course of pain resolution. Our aim was to investigate if the characteristics of pain trajectories during the first postoperative week are correlated with the persistence of pain 3 months after breast cancer surgery.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Scheduled for breast cancer surgery
• General anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• Previous breast surgery
• Reconstructive surgery scheduled during follow-up
• Day-surgery patients
• Inability to understand the questionnaires

Trial design

46 participants in 1 patient group

Study population

Description:

The study population consists of adult surgery patients, scheduled for breast cancer surgery at St-Luc University Hospital.