# The Pre-Emptive Administration Of Ketamine for Controlling Post-thoracotomy Pain

> **NCT03415191** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli** · enrollment: 75 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Post Thoracotomy Pain

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Ketamine
- **DRUG:** Normal Saline

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03415191
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2012-01-05
- **Primary completion:** 2014-12-21
- **Final completion:** 2015-02-01
- **Target enrollment:** 75 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2018-01-30


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03415191

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03415191, "The Pre-Emptive Administration Of Ketamine for Controlling Post-thoracotomy Pain". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-13 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03415191. Licensed CC0.

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