# Supplementary Epidural Analgesia in Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) - The SEAVATS Study

> **NCT02359175** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Odense University Hospital** · enrollment: 161 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Lung Neoplasms
- Pain
- Immune Suppression

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Bupivacaine in epidural catheter
- **DRUG:** Fentanyl in epidural catheter
- **DRUG:** Placebo (for Bupivacain and Fentanyl i epidural catheter)
- **DRUG:** Oral Paracetamol
- **DRUG:** Oral NSAID
- **DRUG:** Oral opioids
- **DRUG:** Placebo (for oral opioids)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02359175
- **Lead sponsor:** Odense University Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2015-02
- **Primary completion:** 2019-01-24
- **Final completion:** 2023-03-22
- **Target enrollment:** 161 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2023-06-27


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02359175

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02359175, "Supplementary Epidural Analgesia in Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) - The SEAVATS Study". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02359175. Licensed CC0.

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