Chest wall numbing medicine for pain after heart bypass surgery
Part of Heart & circulation, Pain clinical trials.
This study tests a numbing medicine placed near the chest wall to reduce pain after heart bypass surgery. It may help patients recover with less discomfort and use fewer pain medicines.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are scheduled for coronary artery bypass surgery (a type of open-heart surgery).
- You are an adult (18 years or older).
- You are not having emergency heart surgery.
- You have not had previous open-heart surgery through the breastbone.
- You have no known allergies to numbing medicines, no bleeding problems, and no active infection.
- You do not have severe heart rhythm problems or weak heart pumping (ejection fraction less than 40%).
- You are not already taking strong pain medicines (opioids) long-term, and you have no significant psychiatric conditions.
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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