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COMPLETEDNANCT03328988

QLB and Radical Cystectomy, Postoperative Pain

There are ca 1000 new cases of bladder cancer in Finland/year. The curative therapy for high risk bladder cancer is radical cystectomy. The golden standard is still an open surgery despite development...

Lead sponsor: Tampere University Hospital•1 locations•View source on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Tampere University Hospital

44 patients, uindergoing radical cystectomy, aging 18-85 will be recruited based on a power calculation. The 44 patients will be divided in 2 groups, the intervention group receiving a quadratus lumborum block (75mg ropivacaine) and the no intervention group receiving the current standard care of our hospital -an epidural. The primary outcome measure is the acute postoperative need for rescue analgesics. Secondary outcomes are acute pain (NRS scale), nausea, vomiting, mobilisation and longterm outcomes such as quality of life and persistent pain.

Age

18 - 85 years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Inclusion Criteria

•patients with bladder cancer coming to the open radical cystectomy.

Exclusion Criteria

•age under 18y or over 85y,
•diabetes type 1 with complications,
•no co-operation or inadequate finnish language,
•persistent pain for other reason.

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Data from ClinicalTrials.govLast updated on ClinicalTrials.gov: January 4, 2022Terms

Trial snapshot

StatusCOMPLETED

PhaseNA

Enrollment41

Start dateApr 2017

Last updatedJan 4, 2022

Condition

Postoperative Pain Chronic Pain Post-Proceduraal Nausea and Vomiting, Postoperative

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Tampere University Hospital

Tampere

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This clinical trial information is sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

ClinicalTrials.gov last update: January 4, 2022Data synced to Clareo: July 13, 2026

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