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Trial reportBritish journal of clinical pharmacology2019

Analgesic efficacy and pharmacokinetics of epidural oxycodone in pain management after gynaecological laparoscopy-A randomised, double blind, active control, double-dummy clinical comparison with intravenous administration.

Panu Piirainen, Hannu Kokki, Brian Anderson, Jacqueline Hannam, Heidi Hautajärvi, Veli-Pekka Ranta, Merja Kokki

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Trial report in British journal of clinical pharmacology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Article
  3. Epidural Oxycodone for Acute Pain.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
    Review
  4. Article
  5. The Median Effective Concentration (ECFrontiers in medicine · 2021
    Article
  6. Article
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Panu PiirainenSchool of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
Hannu KokkiSchool of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
Brian AndersonDepartments of Anaesthesiology, and Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Jacqueline HannamDepartments of Anaesthesiology, and Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Heidi HautajärviAdmescope Ltd, Oulu, Finland.
Veli-Pekka RantaSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
Merja KokkiDepartment of Anaesthesia and Operative Services, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-1501-7537
University of Eastern Finland · FIUniversity of Auckland · NZKuopio University Hospital · FIMachida Endoscope (Japan) · JP

Funding

Governmental VTR-fund, the Hospital District of Northern Savo, Kuopio, FinlandOlvi Foundation, Iisalmi, FinlandThe Finnish Cultural Foundation, Helsinki, Finland
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsEarly pain after laparoscopy is often severe. Oxycodone is a feasible analgesic option after laparoscopy, but there are sparse data on epidural administration. The aim was to evaluate the analgesic efficacy and pharmacokinetics of a single dose of epidural oxycodone as a part of multimodal analgesia after gynaecological laparoscopy.

methodsWomen (n = 60), aged 23-71 years, undergoing elective gynaecological laparoscopy, were administrated either epidural oxycodone 0.1 mg kg

resultsTwenty of the 31 patients in the EPI-group and 26 of the 29 patients in the IV-group needed i.v. fentanyl for rescue analgesia, P = .021. The median (interquartile range) number of fentanyl doses were 1.0 (1.0-3.0) in the EPI-group and 2.5 (1.0-4.0) doses in the IV-group, P = .008. Plasma concentrations were similar, but CSF concentrations were 100-fold higher in the EPI-group. The population model indicated that 60% of oxycodone injected into the epidural space enters into CSF and 40% is absorbed into the systemic circulation.

conclusionsThe data support superiority of epidural administration of oxycodone compared to i.v. administration during the first hours after laparoscopic surgery. This is likely to be based on enhanced permeation into the central nervous system after epidural administration.

Indexed as

AdultAgedAnalgesics, OpioidDouble-Blind MethodFemaleGynecologic Surgical ProceduresHumansInfusions, IntravenousInjections, EpiduralLaparoscopyMaleMiddle AgedModels, BiologicalOxycodonePain ManagementPain MeasurementAnalgesics, OpioidOxycodoneanalgesiaepiduraloxycodonepharmacokinetics

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PMID31026086
PMCPMC6624386
OpenAlexW2941486536

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