Nerve block to reduce long-term pain after breast surgery
Treatments studied
Part of Cancer, Pain, Skin clinical trials.
This trial tests whether a specific pain-numbing nerve block given during mastectomy can reduce chronic (long-lasting) pain after breast cancer surgery. It may help some people use less pain medicine later by lowering nerve-related pain after surgery.
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Who can take part
- Be between 18 and under 85 years old
- You are scheduled for a mastectomy for one-sided (unilateral) primary breast cancer
- No prior breast cancer surgery through an incision longer than 2 cm
- No long-term opioid use or regular pain medicines for more than 3 months
- You must be able to communicate before surgery (no severe dementia, profound deafness, or major language barriers)
- You must not have an allergy to ropivacaine (the numbing medicine)
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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