Postoperative Pain clinical trials at UC Irvine
2 in progress, 1 open to eligible people
Pilot Study of Liposomal Bupivacaine Redosing in Patients Undergoing Major Gynecologic Procedures
open to eligible females ages 18 years and up
The purpose of this research study is to find out which type of transversus abdomens plane (TAP) and block (bupivacaine, liposomal bupivacaine or liposomal bupivacaine with re-dosing at 48-60 hours) improves your pain control and lowers your risk of post-operative common side effects of surgery and narcotic pain medications.
Orange, California
Optimal Management of Pain in Hospitalized Patients - Opioid Tolerant Populations.
Sorry, currently not accepting new patients, but might later
Pain is a symptom that drives hospital admissions, and pain management is required by most patients during their hospital stay. Further, the use of medications such as opioids can lead to upward-spiraling doses, especially among chronic pain patients whose resource utilization rates are high. Many initiatives aim to reduce the costs of these "high-resource utilizing" patients. One exciting aspect of improving the management of pain is that this may help prevent patients from ever becoming high-cost in the first place. The purpose of this study is to examine the impacts of an early and sustained intervention pathway, in comparison to the current standard of care, for the treatment of pain in opioid tolerant patients. It is hypothesized that patients randomized to the intervention pathway, in comparison to the control, will lead to decreased costs of care, a reduction in opioid usage within 3 and 6 months, and decrease in hospital readmission rates.
Orange, California and other locations
Our lead scientists for Postoperative Pain research studies include Jill H Tseng, MD.