Clinical Trial: Postoperative and Chronic Pain Genetic Spine Surgery Study

Study Status: Not yet recruiting
Recruit Status: Not yet recruiting
Study Type: Observational




Official Title: A Multi-center Study of Genomic and Psychological Factors Affecting Postoperative and Chronic Pain in Children Undergoing Invasive (Spine) Surgery

Brief Summary: This will be an open label, prospective study to determine the association between specific genotypes, epigenetics and behavioral factors, with the phenotypes, defined by pain perception, postoperative pain, analgesic and side effect responses to perioperative opioids, chronic postoperative pain and gene expression in adolescents following major spine surgery.