Clinical Trial: "Evaluation of the Efficacy of Intravenous Lidocaine on Chronic Post-operative Pain in Patients Requiring Emergency Abdominal Surgery. A Multicentre, Randomised, Controlled, Double-blind Study."

U.S., Oct. 10 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07869173) titled '"Evaluation of the Efficacy of Intravenous Lidocaine on Chronic Post-operative Pain in Patients Requiring Emergency Abdominal Surgery. A Multicentre, Randomised, Controlled, Double-blind Study."' on Oct. 01.

Brief Summary: Chronic pain is a major public health issue. According to the most recent sources, it affects around 11 million people in France, leading to a significant deterioration in patients' quality of life, limitations in their activities of daily living, and an impact on their mental health (anxiety and depression symptoms). Furthermore, chronic pain imposes a significant economic cost on society.

In France, it is estim...