U.S., Feb. 25 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06843174) titled 'Perioperative Rectal Methadone in Spine Surgery' on Feb. 11.
Brief Summary: Patients undergoing spinal surgery require pain control medication after their surgery. Investigators have successfully used intravenous Methadone to manage pain after surgery. However, doctors in Canada do not have the intravenous form of Methadone to prescribe to their patients. The investigators in Canada propose a pilot trial to investigate whether Methadone administered rectally could be used to manage pain after spinal surgery.
The main questions are:
1. Are investigators able to recruit participants for this trial and learn from this study to plan a...