Help With Early Detection of Postoperative Neuropathic Pain Using SMS After Ambulatory Surgery (SMS DPpostop)

Fondation Hôpital Saint-Joseph

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Postoperative Pain

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: SMS in the early detection of postoperative neuropathic pain

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04313855

SMS DPpostop

Details and patient eligibility

About

Chronic post-operative pain is generally defined by persistent pain more than 2 months after surgery. General reviews on chronic post-operative pain describe an overall incidence of 30%, of which 5 to 10% are described as severe. Different risk factors have been identified: pain and preoperative opioid use, anxiety - depression, catastrophism, type of surgery, intensity and duration of postoperative pain, genetic factors.

If postoperative pain is essentially pain caused by excess nociceptive stimulation, investigators realize that a neuropathic component is far from being exceptional and that this can be demonstrated quickly after surgery. In addition, these neuropathic pains respond little or no to the usual analgesics and in particular to opioids, which can be the cause of misuse or death from overdose. Early detection of pain of a neuropathic nature would allow appropriate therapy to be put in place and may therefore reduce the risk of chronic postoperative pain.

The concept of ambulatory surgery assumes that postoperative pain will be minimal and can be controlled at home by the administration of oral pain relievers. However, following the development of surgical techniques and the improvement in the quality of care, the number and complexity of procedures that can be performed in ambulatory surgery have increased considerably. Consequently, a significant number of patients will probably develop chronic post-operative pain without the possibility of early detection. The prevalence of chronic post-operative pain in ambulatory surgery has been studied by a single team. The authors conclude that it is underestimated and variable depending on the surgery between 15 and 32%.

For the past few years, the GHPSJ has been using an ambulatory surgery algorithm that sends SMS messages to warn and follow up on patients. The principle is simple: patients scheduled for outpatient surgery receive text messages the day before their intervention to remind them of the instructions to be followed and the meeting times and, the day after the operation, the algorithm sends SMS to ask patients if all is well or if they have pain, nausea or vomiting, discharge from the scar. In postoperative monitoring, this technology has shown promising results.

This technology has not been used in the screening of persistent pain. The objective of this work is to assess the effectiveness of an SMS algorithm in the early detection of postoperative neuropathic pain after surgery performed on an outpatient basis.

Enrollment: 306 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient aged ≥ 18 years
• Patient hospitalized on an outpatient basis within the Paris Saint Joseph Hospital Group in the following different surgical specialties: orthopedics, digestive, vascular, gynecological, plastic and restorative
• French speaking patient
• Patient with smartphone
• Patient affiliated to a social security scheme
• Patient having given oral, free, informed and express consent

Exclusion criteria

• Patient under guardianship or curatorship
• Patient deprived of liberty

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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306 participants in 1 patient group

Chronic post-operative pain

Experimental group

Description:

7 days after the intervention, the patient receives a standardized questionnaire by SMS, to determine whether the patient has pain at the operating site and whether this pain has the characteristics of neuropathic pain. After replying to the SMS, the patient will be contacted by phone to assess: the intensity of pain at the operating site using a numerical scale and the existence of neuropathic pain. Depending on the responses received by SMS and/or phone, a consultation appointment with an anesthesiologist specializing in pain may be offered within a maximum of 2 weeks. Ninety days after your surgery, the patient receives the same standardized questionnaire by SMS. The patient will be contacted by telephone, in order to assess the intensity of pain at the operating site and the existence of neuropathic pain using. If the patient has post-operative pain, a consultation appointment with an anesthesiologist specializing in pain will be offered to him within a maximum of 2 weeks.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: SMS in the early detection of postoperative neuropathic pain