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Status unknownNCT04206956ANXIDOUUpdated Jan 13, 2020

Anxiety and Chronic Postsurgical Pain Following Ambulatory Surgery in Children

An observational study in Ambulatory Surgery, Children, Only and Inguinal Hernia, sponsored by Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Brieuc. Status unknown at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 3 Years to 18 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-01-13.

Sponsored by Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Brieuc · Observational

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jan 2020), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
135
Ages
3 Years to 18 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Prospective, monocentric, observationnal study. The primary objective of this study is to identify if presurgical child or/and parental anxiety is predictive of chronic postsurgical pain in abdominal or urologic ambulatory surgery.

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The post surgical pain guidelines recommend to identify predictive factors, especially for vulnerable subjects.

For children, there is few data about predictive factors of postoperative pain after ambulatory surgery.

The objective of this study is to collect preoperative data (preoperative children's anxiety and parental anxiety) and postoperative data (postoperative pain measure: the day of surgery and 3 months after surgery) for children undergoing abdominal ou urologic ambulatory surgery, and to determine if there is a relationship between these data (Odds Ratio)

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Conditions studied

  • Ambulatory Surgery
  • Children, Only
  • Inguinal Hernia
  • Umbilical Hernia
  • Urologic Surgery

Keywords

  • pediatric department
  • children
  • chronic postsurgical pain
  • perioperative anxiety
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In context

Hernia, Inguinal

543 studies on the registry are indexed under Hernia, Inguinal; 92 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 135 is close to the median of 134 across 137 observational studies indexed under Hernia, Inguinal.

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Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Brieuc is the lead sponsor of 9 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
3 Years to 18 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Children undergoing scheduled abdominal or urologic ambulatory surgery

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Inclusion criteria

  • child from 3 to 18 years old
  • undergoing scheduled urology or abdominal ambulatory surgery
  • child and parents speaking French
  • affiliation to national health insurance

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • emergency surgery
  • lack of parents consent
  • no parental support on surgery day
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
135 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Children's preoperative anxiety

    - For children younger than 12 : mYPAS (the Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale). If the score is less than 24 : quiet child. If the score is greater than 24 : anxious child - For children older than 12 : anxiety visual analog scale (VAS) From 0 (better) to 10 (worse)

    Time frame: Preoperative : day of surgery

  2. Parents' preoperative anxiety

    anxiety visual analog scale (VAS) From 0 (better) to 10 (worse). More than 3/10 means "anxious"

    Time frame: Preoperative: day of surgery

  3. children's pain

    * for children younger than 6: Evendol scale. From 0 (better) to 15 (worse) * for children older than 6: anxiety visual analog scale (VAS) From 0 (better) to 10 (worse).

    Time frame: postoperative: day of surgery

  4. Chronic postsurgical pain in children

    For all children, score PPMP (Postoperative Pain Measure for Parents) From 0 (better) to 10 (worse)

    Time frame: 3 months after surgery

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Rabbitts JA, Fisher E, Rosenbloom BN, Palermo TM. Prevalence and Predictors of Chronic Postsurgical Pain in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Pain. 2017 Jun;18(6):605-614. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2017.03.007. Epub 2017 Mar 29. PubMed 28363861 ↗
  • Batoz H, Semjen F, Bordes-Demolis M, Benard A, Nouette-Gaulain K. Chronic postsurgical pain in children: prevalence and risk factors. A prospective observational study. Br J Anaesth. 2016 Oct;117(4):489-496. doi: 10.1093/bja/aew260. Epub 2016 Oct 17. PubMed 28077537 ↗
  • Noel M, Rosenbloom B, Pavlova M, Campbell F, Isaac L, Page MG, Stinson J, Katz J. Remembering the pain of surgery 1 year later: a longitudinal examination of anxiety in children's pain memory development. Pain. 2019 Aug;160(8):1729-1739. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001582. PubMed 31335643 ↗
  • Chieng YJ, Chan WC, Klainin-Yobas P, He HG. Perioperative anxiety and postoperative pain in children and adolescents undergoing elective surgical procedures: a quantitative systematic review. J Adv Nurs. 2014 Feb;70(2):243-55. doi: 10.1111/jan.12205. Epub 2013 Jul 19. PubMed 23865442 ↗
  • Page MG, Campbell F, Isaac L, Stinson J, Katz J. Parental risk factors for the development of pediatric acute and chronic postsurgical pain: a longitudinal study. J Pain Res. 2013 Sep 30;6:727-41. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S51055. eCollection 2013. PubMed 24109194 ↗
  • Rabbitts JA, Zhou C, Groenewald CB, Durkin L, Palermo TM. Trajectories of postsurgical pain in children: risk factors and impact of late pain recovery on long-term health outcomes after major surgery. Pain. 2015 Nov;156(11):2383-2389. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000281. PubMed 26381701 ↗
  • Birnie KA, Chorney J, El-Hawary R; PORSCHE Study Group. Child and parent pain catastrophizing and pain from presurgery to 6 weeks postsurgery: examination of cross-sectional and longitudinal actor-partner effects. Pain. 2017 Oct;158(10):1886-1892. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000976. PubMed 28598902 ↗
  • Kristensen AD, Ahlburg P, Lauridsen MC, Jensen TS, Nikolajsen L. Chronic pain after inguinal hernia repair in children. Br J Anaesth. 2012 Oct;109(4):603-8. doi: 10.1093/bja/aes250. Epub 2012 Jul 24. PubMed 22831892 ↗
  • Mossetti V, Boretsky K, Astuto M, Locatelli BG, Zurakowski D, Lio R, Nicoletti R, Sonzogni V, Maffioletti M, Vicchio N, Ivani G. Persistent pain following common outpatient surgeries in children: A multicenter study in Italy. Paediatr Anaesth. 2018 Mar;28(3):231-236. doi: 10.1111/pan.13321. Epub 2018 Jan 20. PubMed 29352738 ↗
  • Pinto PR, McIntyre T, Nogueira-Silva C, Almeida A, Araujo-Soares V. Risk factors for persistent postsurgical pain in women undergoing hysterectomy due to benign causes: a prospective predictive study. J Pain. 2012 Nov;13(11):1045-57. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2012.07.014. Epub 2012 Oct 12. PubMed 23063345 ↗
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Oct 2019 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Jun 2020, 8 months after the start.

Of 51 non-industry observational studies under Hernia, Inguinal, half reached primary completion within 18 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 9 and three quarters within 68. This study's planned 8 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 57 studies reached it within 18 months; a quarter within 9 and three quarters within 68.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Dec 9, 2019
First posted
Dec 20, 2019
StartActual
Oct 14, 2019
Primary completionEst.
Jun 2020
CompletionEst.
Sep 2020
Last update
Jan 13, 2020
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 13, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04206956
Lead sponsor
Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Brieuc
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 20, 2019
Start date
Oct 14, 2019
Primary completion
Jun 2020 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 2020 (estimated)
Last update
Jan 13, 2020

Study contacts

Gwenaelle Le Garff, Dr
Contact
gwenaelle.legarff@armorsante.bzh
+33296017277
Catherine Bellot
Contact
catherine.bellot@armorsante.bzh
+33296017340
Claire Barbarot, Dr
principal investigator · Centre Hopsitalier Saint-Brieuc

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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