Kurz 2008.
Trial name or title | Regional Anesthesia in Patients Undergoing Colon‐Rectal Surgery |
Methods | Randomized controlled double‐blind clinical trial |
Participants | Patients scheduled for open laparoscopic or laparoscopic assisted surgery for colon cancer Estimated enrolment: 2500 participants |
Interventions | General anaesthesia followed by postoperative opioid analgesia vs intraoperative and postoperative regional anaesthesia and analgesia (epidural or paravertebral anaesthesia) plus intraoperative general anaesthesia |
Outcomes | Cancer recurrence up to 5 years after surgery |
Starting date | 2007 |
Contact information | The Cleveland Clinic, Outcomes Research Consortium. PI: Andrea Kurz, MD |
Notes | Multi‐centre study |