# Effect of the PIEB Versus CEI on the Quality of Postoperative Recovery in Patients Undergoing VATS Lobectomy

> **NCT05930405** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Sun Yat-sen University** · enrollment: 252 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** programmed intermittent epidural bolus
- **PROCEDURE:** continuous epidural infusion

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05930405
- **Lead sponsor:** Sun Yat-sen University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2023-10-20
- **Primary completion:** 2024-10-30
- **Final completion:** 2024-10-30
- **Target enrollment:** 252 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-17


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05930405

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05930405, "Effect of the PIEB Versus CEI on the Quality of Postoperative Recovery in Patients Undergoing VATS Lobectomy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05930405. Licensed CC0.

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