Perioperative Epidural Trial (POET) Pilot Study

University of British Columbia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Post Operative Pain Control

Treatments: Procedure: anesthesia

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00221260

04-3046

C04-0078

Details and patient eligibility

About

To investigate if the use of perioperative neuraxial blockade reduces post-operative mortality and cardiorespiratory events compared to intraoperative general anesthesia AND postoperative IV narcotic analgesia. This is a feasibility study to determine if recruitment and execution of the protocol could be done in a timely manner in a much larger trial

Enrollment: 250 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 45+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Subjects at high risk of cardio-respiratory complications post operatively.

Exclusion criteria

Contraindication to epidural anesthesia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind