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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN36538293
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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Which method of pain relief is most effective for chest drain removal in postoperative cardiac patients?
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Scientific title
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Acronym
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N/A
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Serial number at source
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N0054119937
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Study hypothesis
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Which of the currently available methods (entonox, intravenous morphine, subcutaneous bupivacaine) used for the control of analgesia during chest drain removal is most effective?
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Ethics approval
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Not provided at time of registration
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Study design
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Randomised controlled trial
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Countries of recruitment
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United Kingdom
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Disease/condition/study domain
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Signs and Symptoms: Pain
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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66 patients receiving chest drain removal following major cardiac surgery.
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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Not provided at time of registration
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Anticipated start date
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15/07/2002
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Anticipated end date
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15/07/2003
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Status of trial
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Completed
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Patient information material
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Target number of participants
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66
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Interventions
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Patients randomised to 50% entonox, 100 mcg/kg morphine and 0.5% bupivacaine.
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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1. Pain scores after chest drain removal assessed by the short form McGill questionnaire 2. Effect of anaesthetic agent on length of intensive care unit stay
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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Not provided at time of registration
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Sources of funding
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The Cardiothoracic Centre Liverpool NHS Trust (UK)
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Trial website
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Publications
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2005 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15616079
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Contact name
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Dr
M
Akrofi
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Address
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Department of Anaesthesia
The Cardiothoracic Centre
Liverpool NHS Trust
Thomas Drive
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City/town
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Liverpool
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Zip/Postcode
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L14 3PE
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 (0)151 228 1616
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Fax
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+44 (0)151 228 8573
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Email
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Sponsor
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Record provided by the NHS Trusts Clinical Trials Register - Department of Health (UK)
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Address
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The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
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City/town
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London
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Zip/Postcode
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SW1A 2NL
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 (0)20 7307 2622
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Fax
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+44 (0)20 7307 2623
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Email
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dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
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Sponsor website:
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http://www.doh.gov.uk
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Date applied
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12/09/2003
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Last edited
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17/12/2008
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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12/09/2003
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