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Intravenous acetaminophen for postoperative pain in the neonatal intensive care unit: A protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial (IVA POP)

BACKGROUND: In neonates, uncontrolled pain and opioid exposure are both correlated with short- and long-term adverse events. Therefore, managing pain using opioid-sparing approaches is critical in neonatal populations. Multimodal pain control offers the opportunity to manage pain while reducing shor...

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Autores principales: Archer, Victoria Anne, Samiee-Zafarghandy, Samira, Farrokyhar, Forough, Briatico, Daniel, Braga, Luis H., Walton, J. Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10659208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37983228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294519
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author Archer, Victoria Anne
Samiee-Zafarghandy, Samira
Farrokyhar, Forough
Briatico, Daniel
Braga, Luis H.
Walton, J. Mark
author_facet Archer, Victoria Anne
Samiee-Zafarghandy, Samira
Farrokyhar, Forough
Briatico, Daniel
Braga, Luis H.
Walton, J. Mark
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description BACKGROUND: In neonates, uncontrolled pain and opioid exposure are both correlated with short- and long-term adverse events. Therefore, managing pain using opioid-sparing approaches is critical in neonatal populations. Multimodal pain control offers the opportunity to manage pain while reducing short- and long-term opioid-related adverse events. Intravenous (IV) acetaminophen may represent an appropriate adjunct to opioid-based postoperative pain control regimes. However, no trials assess this drug in patients less than 36 weeks post-conceptual age or weighing less than 1500 g. OBJECTIVE: The proposed study aims to determine the feasibility of conducting a randomized control trial to compare IV acetaminophen and fentanyl to a saline placebo and fentanyl for patients admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) undergoing major abdominal or thoracic surgery. METHODS AND DESIGN: This protocol is for a single-centre, external pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT). Infants in the NICU who have undergone major thoracic or abdominal surgery will be enrolled. Sixty participants will undergo 1:1 randomization to receive intravenous acetaminophen and fentanyl or saline placebo and fentanyl. After surgery, IV acetaminophen or placebo will be given routinely for eight days (192 hours). Appropriate dosing will be determined based on the participant’s gestational age. Patients will be followed for eight days after surgery and will undergo a chart review at 90 days. Primarily feasibility outcomes include recruitment rate, follow-up rate, compliance, and blinding index. Secondary clinical outcomes will be collected as well. CONCLUSION: This external pilot RCT will assess the feasibility of performing a multicenter RCT comparing IV acetaminophen and fentanyl to a saline placebo and fentanyl in NICU patients following major abdominal and thoracic surgery. The results will inform the design of a multicenter RCT, which will have the appropriate power to determine the efficacy of this treatment. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05678244, Registered December 6, 2022.
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spelling pubmed-106592082023-11-20 Intravenous acetaminophen for postoperative pain in the neonatal intensive care unit: A protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial (IVA POP) Archer, Victoria Anne Samiee-Zafarghandy, Samira Farrokyhar, Forough Briatico, Daniel Braga, Luis H. Walton, J. Mark PLoS One Study Protocol BACKGROUND: In neonates, uncontrolled pain and opioid exposure are both correlated with short- and long-term adverse events. Therefore, managing pain using opioid-sparing approaches is critical in neonatal populations. Multimodal pain control offers the opportunity to manage pain while reducing short- and long-term opioid-related adverse events. Intravenous (IV) acetaminophen may represent an appropriate adjunct to opioid-based postoperative pain control regimes. However, no trials assess this drug in patients less than 36 weeks post-conceptual age or weighing less than 1500 g. OBJECTIVE: The proposed study aims to determine the feasibility of conducting a randomized control trial to compare IV acetaminophen and fentanyl to a saline placebo and fentanyl for patients admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) undergoing major abdominal or thoracic surgery. METHODS AND DESIGN: This protocol is for a single-centre, external pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT). Infants in the NICU who have undergone major thoracic or abdominal surgery will be enrolled. Sixty participants will undergo 1:1 randomization to receive intravenous acetaminophen and fentanyl or saline placebo and fentanyl. After surgery, IV acetaminophen or placebo will be given routinely for eight days (192 hours). Appropriate dosing will be determined based on the participant’s gestational age. Patients will be followed for eight days after surgery and will undergo a chart review at 90 days. Primarily feasibility outcomes include recruitment rate, follow-up rate, compliance, and blinding index. Secondary clinical outcomes will be collected as well. CONCLUSION: This external pilot RCT will assess the feasibility of performing a multicenter RCT comparing IV acetaminophen and fentanyl to a saline placebo and fentanyl in NICU patients following major abdominal and thoracic surgery. The results will inform the design of a multicenter RCT, which will have the appropriate power to determine the efficacy of this treatment. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05678244, Registered December 6, 2022. Public Library of Science 2023-11-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10659208/ /pubmed/37983228 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294519 Text en © 2023 Archer et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Study Protocol
Archer, Victoria Anne
Samiee-Zafarghandy, Samira
Farrokyhar, Forough
Briatico, Daniel
Braga, Luis H.
Walton, J. Mark
Intravenous acetaminophen for postoperative pain in the neonatal intensive care unit: A protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial (IVA POP)
title Intravenous acetaminophen for postoperative pain in the neonatal intensive care unit: A protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial (IVA POP)
title_full Intravenous acetaminophen for postoperative pain in the neonatal intensive care unit: A protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial (IVA POP)
title_fullStr Intravenous acetaminophen for postoperative pain in the neonatal intensive care unit: A protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial (IVA POP)
title_full_unstemmed Intravenous acetaminophen for postoperative pain in the neonatal intensive care unit: A protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial (IVA POP)
title_short Intravenous acetaminophen for postoperative pain in the neonatal intensive care unit: A protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial (IVA POP)
title_sort intravenous acetaminophen for postoperative pain in the neonatal intensive care unit: a protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial (iva pop)
topic Study Protocol
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10659208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37983228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294519
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