Trial reportBMC anesthesiology2015
Effects of parecoxib on analgesia benefit and blood loss following open prostatectomy: a multicentre randomized trial.
Trial report in BMC anesthesiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00346268 (Randomized, Double-Blind Study Of The Morphine-Sparing Efficacy And Safety Of Parecoxib Sodium 40 Mg IV Followed By 20 Mg IV Every 12 Hours In The Treatment Of Pain Following Radical Prostatectomy), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Randomized, Double-Blind Study Of The Morphine-Sparing Efficacy And Safety Of Parecoxib Sodium 40 Mg IV Followed By 20 Mg IV Every 12 Hours In The Treatment Of Pain Following Radical Prostatectomy
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Association Between Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Operative Bleeding in the Perioperative Period.Journal of the American College of Surgeons · 2021Pooled it
- Optimal pain management for radical prostatectomy surgery: what is the evidence?BMC anesthesiology · 2015Pooled it
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- Dexmedetomidine and the glymphatic system: a new perspective in managing postoperative cognitive dysfunction.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- Comment on the article by Sharaby et al.: is intravenous tranexamic acid effective in reduction of blood loss during pelvic and acetabular surgery?International orthopaedics · 2022Article
- Parecoxib Reduced Postsurgical Pain and Facilitated Movement More Than Patient Controlled Analgesia.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
- Perioperative bleeding and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: An evidence-based literature review, and current clinical appraisal.Medicine · 2020Review
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThis multi-centre, prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was designed to test the hypotheses that parecoxib improves patients' postoperative analgesia without increasing surgical blood loss following radical open prostatectomy.
methods105 patients (64 ± 7 years old) were randomized to receive either parecoxib or placebo with concurrent morphine patient controlled analgesia. Cumulative opioid consumption (primary objective) and the overall benefit of analgesia score (OBAS), the modified brief pain inventory short form (m-BPI-sf), the opioid-related symptom distress scale (OR-SDS), and perioperative blood loss (secondary objectives) were assessed.
resultsIn each group 48 patients received the study medication for 48 hours postoperatively. Parecoxib significantly reduced cumulative opioid consumption by 24% (43 ± 24.1 mg versus 57 ± 28 mg, mean ± SD, p=0.02), translating into improved benefit of analgesia (OBAS: 2(0/4) versus 3(1/5.25), p=0.01), pain severity (m-BPI-sf: 1(1/2) versus 2(2/3), p < 0.01) and pain interference (m-BPI-sf: 1(0/1) versus 1(1/3), p=0.001), as well as reduced opioid-related side effects (OR-SDS score: 0.3(0.075/0.51) versus 0.4(0.2/0.83), p=0.03). Blood loss was significantly higher at 24 hours following surgery in the parecoxib group (4.3 g⋅dL(-1) (3.6/4.9) versus (3.2 g⋅dL(-1) (2.4/4.95), p=0.02).
conclusionsFollowing major abdominal surgery, parecoxib significantly improves patients' perceived analgesia. Parecoxib may however increase perioperative blood loss. Further trials are needed to evaluate the effects of selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors on blood loss.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00346268.
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