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Study aim
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Determination of the effect of preoperative oral gabapentin and pregabalin on the characteristics and complications of spinal anesthesia
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Design
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This study is a clinical trial with parallel groups, randomized, phase one on 72 patients. For randomization in this study, permuted block randomization is performed with hexagonal blocks of letters A, B and C and two each (15 blocks) , each of them will be labeled by codes 1 to 15 and then using the table of random numbers numbers 1 to 15 will be selected and finally a sequence of letters A, B and C will be created.
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Settings and conduct
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This study is a double-blind clinical trial in which the clinical caregiver and participants were kept blind. The study was performed at Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Kashan in 2018-2019.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: All patients aged 18-70 years with ASA CLASS1-2 who undergo orthopedic or urological elective surgery below the T10 level under spinal anesthesia and their surgery time is less than 2 hours.
Exclusion criteria: weight less than 40 kg, hypersensitivity to pregabalin, allergy to gabapentin or bupivacaine, localized sepsis at the injection site, dissatisfaction with spinal anesthesia
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Intervention groups
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Intervention group 1: receive 300 mg of oral gabapentin, Intervention group 2: receive 150 mg of oral pregabalin. Control group: receive an oral placebo (with the same drug form, appearance, and color similar to gabapentin and pregabalin containing the ineffective drug) 2 hours before surgery.
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Main outcome variables
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Time of onset of sensory block, duration of anesthesia, postoperative nausea and vomiting