CompletedNot Applicable

Epidural Analgesia or Patient-Controlled Analgesia in Treating Patients Who Have Undergone Surgery for Gynecologic Cancer

United States240 participantsStarted 2005-03

Plain-language summary

RATIONALE: Giving pain medication into the space between the wall of the spinal canal and the covering of the spinal cord or giving it into a vein may help lessen pain caused by cancer surgery. It is not yet known whether epidural analgesia is more effective than patient-controlled analgesia in controlling pain in patients who have undergone surgery for gynecologic cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying epidural analgesia to see how well it works compared to patient-controlled analgesia in treating patients who have undergone surgery for gynecologic cancer.

Who can participate

SexFEMALE

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DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Diagnosis of a gynecologic malignancy * Scheduled to undergo open abdominal/pelvic surgery (i.e., laparotomy) on the gynecologic oncology service at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center * No failed epidural catheters (for patients choosing epidural analgesia) * No lumbar epidurals (for patients choosing epidural analgesia) PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Not specified PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * Not specified

What they're measuring

Time to return to bowel function at discharge

Timeframe: Days

Trial details

NCT IDNCT00295945

SponsorUniversity of California, San Francisco

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2008-04

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