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Pain Relief After Instrumented Spinal surgEry (PRAISE) trial

An NIHR HTA funded randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation investigating the clinical and cost effectiveness of three approaches to postoperative pain relief following elective posterior lumbar instrumented fusion (+/- decompression) at 1-3 levels:

• Usual care 
• Usual care + Intrathecal Opioids 
• Usual care + Erector Spinae plane Block

The primary outcome is back pain on movement around the bed (sitting up and/or turning) on a 0-100 VAS at 24 hours post-surgery.

We are currently recruiting participants and setting up new sites. The Sponsor is Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

For more information or to express your interest in setting up as a recruiting site, please contact:

Sienna Hamer-Kiwacz (s.a.hamer-kiwacz@sheffield.ac.uk) – Trial Manager

Prof Matthew Wilson(m.j.wilson@sheffield.ac.uk) – Chief Investigator/Featherstone Professor of Anaesthesia

Mr Ashley Cole (Ashley.cole4@nhs.net) – Co-Chief Investigator/Consultant Spinal Surgeon