Clinical Trial Protocol for rTMS Efficacy on VATS Postoperative Pain

A 260-patient randomized controlled trial protocol investigates repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for acute pain after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. The protocol, authored by Chunxiao Wang and published on figshare in March 2026, outlines primary and secondary outcome measures including pain scores, analgesic consumption, and recovery quality. All assessments will be conducted using validated instruments.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the incidence of moderate-to-severe postoperative pain based on the primary outcome measure
• Comparing pain scores at rest and during movement based on the secondary outcome measures at six time points
• Evaluating total consumption of rescue analgesics based on morphine milligram equivalents within 48 hours
• Assessing patient recovery quality based on the Quality of Recovery-15 (QoR-15) score at 24 and 48 hours

Strengths

• Protocol for a prospective, double-blind, randomized controlled trial with 260 patients
• Defines multiple validated outcome measures including pain scores, analgesic consumption, and recovery metrics
• Published under a CC-BY-4.0 license for open access

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• The dataset is a 14.5 KB DOCX file, indicating limited scope and likely containing only the study protocol document

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Clinical trial study protocol document

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-19 06:49:55