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RecruitingNCT06405776Updated May 8, 2024

Effect of Lidocaine on Postoperative Pain and Long-term Survival in Elderly Patients Undergoing Colorectal Surgery

An interventional study of lidocaine and Placebo in Colorectal Cancer, sponsored by West China Hospital. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 60 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-05-08.

Sponsored by West China Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Jun 2024, 2 years 4 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Registered 11 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Jun 2023, registered May 2024).
  • Started Jun 2023; still recruiting 3 years 4 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
276
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
60 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study is a further observation and follow-up of the patients enrolled in the registration number NCT05920980 to further evaluate the effect of long-term infusion of lidocaine on postoperative chronic pain, long-term quality of life and survival rate in patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery.

Read the detailed description

This study is a further observation and follow-up of the patients enrolled in the registration number NCT05920980 to further evaluate the effect of long-term infusion of lidocaine on postoperative chronic pain, long-term quality of life and survival rate in patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery. Patients who meet the enrollment criteria will be randomized 1:1 to the lidocaine group or placebo group. In the lidocaine group, lidocaine 1.5mg/kg/h was continuously infused (using ideal body weight) during the whole procedure. Postoperative analgesia pump with lidocaine (lidocaine 50mg/kg, sufentanil 2ug/kg, glassetron 12mg) diluted to 200ml with saline until 72h after surgery. In the placebo group, the same volume of normal saline will be administered during anesthesia. The postoperative PCIA device will contain sufentanil 2μg/kg, granisetron 12mg diluted to 200mL in 0.9% normal saline solution with a total volume of 200mL.Follow-up after discharge includes chronic pain, the impact of chronic pain on quality of life, the relapse-free survival and overall survival from postoperative 3 months to 5 years.

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Conditions studied

  • Colorectal Cancer
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In context

Colorectal Neoplasms

5,599 studies on the registry are indexed under Colorectal Neoplasms; 1,458 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 276 is above the median of 77 across 4,122 interventional studies indexed under Colorectal Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

West China Hospital is the lead sponsor of 483 studies on the registry; 240 are open to participants now.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
60 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Participants were at least 60 years old;
  2. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I to III;
  3. Body-mass index of 18-30 kg/m2;
  4. Scheduled for elective colorectal surgery.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Metastases occurring in other distant organs;
  2. Severe hepatic insufficiency (aspartate aminotransferase or alaninetransaminase or bilirubin >2.5 times the upper limit of normal);
  3. Renal impairment (creatinine clearance \<60 mL/min);
  4. Cardiac rhythm disorders or systolic heart failure (second-and thirddegree heart block, ejection fraction \<50%);
  5. Allergies to any of the trial drugs; chronic opioid use;
  6. Inability to comprehend numeric rating scale.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
276 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Lidocaine group

    Patients in the lidocaine group, lidocaine 1.5mg/kg/h is continuously infused (using ideal body weight) during the whole procedure, postoperative analgesia pump with lidocaine (lidocaine 50mg/kg, sufentanil 2ug/kg, glassetron 12mg) diluted to 200ml with saline until 72h after surgery.

    Drug: lidocaine

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo group

    In the placebo group, the same volume of normal saline will be administered during anesthesia. The postoperative PCIA device will contain sufentanil 2μg/kg, granisetron 12mg diluted to 200 mL in 0.9% normal saline solution with a total volume of 200 mL.

    Drug: Placebo

Interventions

  • Druglidocaine

    Patients in the lidocaine group, lidocaine 1.5mg/kg/h is continuously infused (using ideal body weight) during the whole procedure, postoperative analgesia pump with lidocaine (lidocaine 50mg/kg, sufentanil 2ug/kg, glassetron 12mg) diluted to 200ml with saline until 72h after surgery.

  • DrugPlacebo

    In the placebo group, the same volume of normal saline will be administered during anesthesia. The postoperative PCIA device will contain sufentanil 2μg/kg, granisetron 12mg diluted to 200 mL in 0.9% normal saline solution with a total volume of 200 mL.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The incidence of chronic pain at 3 months postoperatively

    Chronic pain is defined as pain that lasts or recurs for longer than 3 months. For chronic postsurgical pain(CPSP), it mainly refers to the pain that persists past normal healing time. Pain scoring is performed at 3 months using the Numerical Rating Scale(NRS), with 11 digits ranging from 0 to 10 indicating the degree of pain,0 indicating no pain, and 10 indicating severe pain. Subjects choose a number to indicate the degree of pain based on their personal pain experience.

    Time frame: 3 months postoperatively

Secondary outcomes

  1. The incidence of chronic pain at 6 months ,1 year, 3 years and 5 years postoperatively

    Chronic pain is defined as pain that lasts or recurs for longer than 3 months. For chronic postsurgical pain(CPSP), it mainly refers to the pain that persists past normal healing time. Pain scoring is performed at 3 months using the Numerical Rating Scale(NRS), with 11 digits ranging from 0 to 10 indicating the degree of pain,0 indicating no pain, and 10 indicating severe pain. Subjects choose a number to indicate the degree of pain based on their personal pain experience.

    Time frame: 6 months, 1 year and 3 years postoperatively

  2. Overall survival after surgery

    Overall survival is defined as the time between the date from surgery to the date of death.

    Time frame: 6 months, 1 year, 3 years, 5 years postoperatively

  3. Recurrence-free survival after surgery

    Postoperative re-examination is based on the diagnosis of enhanced CT, MRI, ultrasound or blood examination to determine whether the patient has recurrence and metastasis. Recurrence-free time refers to the time from surgery to tumor recurrence based on the above CT, MRI, etc.

    Time frame: 6 months, 1 year, 3 years, 5 years postoperatively

  4. Disability-free surviva survival

    Patient self-assessment is carried out by using the World Health Organization(WHO) Disability Scale, with a minimum score of 12 points and a maximum score of 60 points. The lower the score, the higher the quality of life.

    Time frame: 6 months, 1 year, 3 years, 5 years postoperatively

  5. The prevalence of neuropathic pain

    The ID Pain scale is used as a validated assessment of neuropathic pain. ID pain questionnaire consists of six items. Pain higher scores suggest a neuropathic component to the pain.

    Time frame: 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, 3 years, 5 years postoperatively

  6. Brief Pain Inventory(BPI) pain interference subscale score

    BPI pain interference subscale is a 7-item questionnaire asking participants to describe how pain has interfered general activity, mood, walking, normal work, relations with others, sleep, and enjoyment of life. Each question is answered on a scale 0(does not interfere) to 10(completely interferes). The total range of score is 0-70. The higher the scores suggest the worse the interference.

    Time frame: 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, 3 years, 5 years postoperatively

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • China
    Sichuan, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 8, 2024, 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
NCT06405776
Lead sponsor
West China Hospital
Responsible party
Chunling Jiang (Professor, West China Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
May 8, 2024
Start date
Jun 5, 2023
Primary completion
Jun 1, 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 1, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
May 8, 2024

Study contacts

Chunling Jiang, PhD
Contact
jiang_chunling@yahoo.com
18980601096
Qian Li, PhD
Contact
jiang_chunling@yahoo.com
18980601096
Chunling Jiang, PhD
study director · West China Hospital

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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