# Comparison of IV Analgesia, Thoracic Epidural Analgesia, and ESP Block for Chronic Pain After Open Heart Surgery

> **NCT07257744** · — · RECRUITING · sponsor: **Karadeniz Technical University** · enrollment: 90 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Chronic Postoperative Pain
- Open Heart Surgery
- Postoperative Analgesia
- Analgesia

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Intravenous Analgesia
- **OTHER:** Thoracic Epidural Analgesia (TEA)
- **OTHER:** Erector Spinae Plane Block (ESPB)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT07257744
- **Lead sponsor:** Karadeniz Technical University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2025-02-15
- **Primary completion:** 2025-12-20
- **Final completion:** 2026-04-20
- **Target enrollment:** 90 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-02


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07257744

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT07257744, "Comparison of IV Analgesia, Thoracic Epidural Analgesia, and ESP Block for Chronic Pain After Open Heart Surgery". Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-16 from https://api.morvs.ai/clinical/NCT07257744. Licensed CC0.

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