Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 3:59 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 3:59 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03737292
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
1\. Male or female patients over age 18 undergoing minimally invasive thoracic surgeries including but not limited to:
1. VATS wedge resection /segmentectomy
2. VATS lobectomy.
3. Robot assisted thoracoscopic wedge resection/segmentectomy.
4. Robot assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy procedures.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Patients under18 years of age
2. Patients weighing less than 48 kg
3. Pregnant and lactating females will be excluded from the trial
4. Patients preoperatively taking narcotics for chronic pain in proximity to surgical site
5. Patients with previous ipsilateral thoracic surgery
6. Patients undergoing pleurectomy/mechanical pleurodesis.
7. Patients with high likelihood of conversion from thoracoscopic procedure to open thoracotomy as determined by an operating surgeon
8. Patients with pre-existing painful conditions (CRIPS, fibromyalgia, neuropathy)
9. Patients unable to reliably communicate pain scores such as patients with dementia, alterations in mental status
10. Patients with hypersensitivity to local anesthetics and pain medications used in the study
11. Patients with previous thoracic spine surgeries
12. Patients with increased creatinine (over 1.5mg/dl)
13. Patients with liver dysfunction
14. Non-English speaking patients
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT03737292
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03737292