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Evaluation And Risk Assessment For Persistent Postsurgical Pain After Breast Surgery

Active Not RecruitingN/A

Sponsor: KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Conditions: Breast Cancer, Chronic Pain, Acute Pain, Depression, Anxiety

Interventions: Questionnaires, Mechanical Temporal Summation assessment, Pain threshold assessment

Countries: United States, Singapore

Pre-existing pain and severe postoperative pain are predictors of persistent pain after surgery, but a complete understanding on the development of persistent pain is still lacking. The study aims to identify clinically relevant and genetic risk factors for persistent postsurgical pain that can be reliably distinguished statistically.

Eligibility overview

Sex: FEMALE

Age: 21 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers: No

Study type: OBSERVATIONAL

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

* Aged between 21 - 80 year old;
* Healthy and/or have systemic medical conditions as reviewed by anaesthetist for surgery (ASA 1-3);
* Undergoing breast cancer surgery.

Exclusion Criteria:

* History of intravenous drug or opioid abuse;
* Current chronic daily treatment with corticosteroids (excluding inhaled steroids);
* Previous history of chronic pain syndrome;
* Obstetric patients.

Locations (2)

Durham, North Carolina, United States
Singapore, Singapore