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Effect of perioperative parecoxib sodium on postoperative pain control for transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma: a prospective randomized trial

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Objectives

Pain is one of the most common side effects of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) treatment. This study aimed to assess the analgesic effect of parecoxib sodium for postoperative pain control in patients with inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) undergoing TACE.

Materials and methods

This randomized placebo-controlled prospective clinical study was conducted at a single cancer centre. Patients were randomly assigned to receive parecoxib sodium (experimental group; n = 60) or 0.9 % sodium chloride (control group; n = 60) 1 h before TACE and once every 12 h for 2 days after TACE. Pain level, morphine consumption, adverse events, and quality of life were evaluated and compared between the two groups.

Results

Pain scores, percentage distribution of pain categories, and morphine consumption were significantly lower in the experimental group than in the control group (P < 0.05). Fever score comparisons revealed significantly better body temperature balance in the experimental group than in the control group (P = 0.024). Quality-of-life scores in the experimental group were significantly better than those in the control group (P < 0.05).

Conclusions

Our results demonstrate that the perioperative administration of parecoxib significantly improved its effectiveness in the control of postoperative pain after TACE.

Key Points

Perioperative administration of parecoxib is effective for control of pain after TACE.

COX-2 inhibitors provide effective and safe pain control.

Parecoxib helps improve quality-of-life after TACE for patients with inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Abbreviations

BCLC:

Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer

COX:

cyclooxygenase

HCC:

hepatocellular carcinoma

NSAIDs:

nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

NRS:

Numeric Rating Scale

TACE:

transcatheter arterial chemoembolization

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Acknowledgments

The scientific guarantor of this publication is Ming Zhao. The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article. The authors state that this work has not received any funding. No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper. Institutional Review Board approval was obtained. Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study. Methodology: prospective, randomised controlled trial, performed at one institution.

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Ning Lv and Yanan Kong contributed equally to this work.

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Lv, N., Kong, Y., Mu, L. et al. Effect of perioperative parecoxib sodium on postoperative pain control for transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma: a prospective randomized trial. Eur Radiol 26, 3492–3499 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-016-4207-8

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