Clinical trial · Interventional
Physical Stabilization in Post-VATS
The Effect of Physical Thoracic Stabilization on Pain Control in Patients Who Had a Lung Tumor and Received Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Background: Post-video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) pain remains an open issue, though most patients experience less acute pain after VATS than thoracotomy. So far, there was no gold standard regarding pain control post-VATS. Objective: To conduct a randomized controlled trial assessing the effect of physical thoracic stabilization on post-VATS pain control. Method: The investigators aimed to recruit 40 patients with operable lung cancer in the outpatient clinic from January to December 2021. The patients will be randomized into the intervention or control group. The intervention group will receive physical thoracic stabilization with POSTHORAX ThoraxBelt after the surgery, whereas the control group will have standard care. The follow-up period will last for 6 months.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lung Cancer | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Pain, Postoperative | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Posthorax Thoraxbelt | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- ThoraxBelt
- description
- Received ThoraxBelt after the surgery. Standard care for pain management will be the same as the Standard Care Arm.
- interventionNames
- Device: Posthorax Thoraxbelt
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Standard care
- description
- Standard care with IV PCA and on-request oral painkiller.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Visual analog scale(VAS)
- timeFrame
- 48 hours
- description
- A pain score will be assigned to each patient after the total amount of visual analog scale. The minimum is 0 and the maximum is 10, which 10 indicated the most pain.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 20 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Operable lung cancer * Eligible for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery Exclusion Criteria: * Known allergy to ThoraxBelt * Chest wall Infection or other diseases * Pregnancy
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDFan CY, Lin CW, Sung CW, Huang EP. Therapeutic potential of physical stabilization in VATS pain control: a randomized controlled trial. Updates Surg. 2025 Jan;77(1):193-199. doi: 10.1007/s13304-024-01999-w. Epub 2024 Sep 15. PMID 39277837