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 @ 4:25 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 4:25 PM
NCT ID:
NCT01407666
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status (ASAPS) I to III patients aged over 18 years and scheduled to undergo elective open liver resection at UPMC Presbyterian/Montefiore Hospital will be screened for enrollment in the study. One hundred (100) patients will be enrolled in this study with equal numbers (n = 50) in each arm of the trial. In order to avoid skewed sex difference between the two groups, the sex will be allocated.
Exclusion Criteria:
* non elective surgery,
* ASAPS IV or greater,
* age younger than 18 years,
* any contraindication to the placement of an epidural catheter or bilateral paravertebral catheters
* chronic pain conditions
* preoperative opioid use
* coagulation abnormalities or patients who are expected to be on therapeutic anticoagulants postoperatively
* allergy to any of the drugs/agents used our study protocol
* preoperative chronic renal dysfunction, who requires renal replacement therapy or serum creatinine greater than 1.4 mg/dL
* altered mental status (not oriented to place, person, or time),
* any comorbid conditions that, in the judgment of the consulting surgeon or anesthesiologist, would proscribe the patient from any aspect of the study, -
* inability to provide adequate informed consent
* refusal to participate in the study.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT01407666
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01407666