Effects of propranolol on fear of dental extraction: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

被引:5
作者
Steenen, Serge A. [1 ]
van Wijk, Arjen J. [2 ]
van Westrhenen, Roos [3 ]
de lange, Jan [1 ]
de Jongh, Ad [2 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Amsterdam, Acad Med Ctr, Dept Oral & Maxillofacial Surg, NL-1105 AZ Amsterdam, Netherlands
[2] Univ Amsterdam, Acad Med Ctr, Dept Social Dent & Behav Sci, NL-1105 AZ Amsterdam, Netherlands
[3] Erasmus Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Psychiat, NL-3015 CE Rotterdam, Netherlands
[4] Univ Salford, Sch Hlth Sci, Salford M5 4WT, Lancs, England
关键词
Dental anxiety; Dental extraction; Tooth extraction; Third molar; Propranolol; Randomized controlled trial; BETA-BLOCKADE; EVENT SCALE; ANXIETY; RECONSOLIDATION; MEMORY; SYMPTOMS; SURGERY; IMPACT; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CONSOLIDATION;
D O I
10.1186/s13063-015-1065-7
中图分类号
R-3 [医学研究方法]; R3 [基础医学];
学科分类号
1001 ;
摘要
Background: Undergoing an extraction has been shown to pose a significantly increased risk for the development of chronic apprehension for dental surgical procedures, disproportionate forms of dental anxiety (that is, dental phobia), and symptoms of post-traumatic stress. Evidence suggests that intrusive emotional memories of these events both induce and maintain these forms of anxiety. Addressing these problems effectively requires an intervention that durably reduces both the intrusiveness of key fear-related memories and state anxiety during surgery. Moreover, evidence suggests that propranolol is capable of inhibiting "memory reconsolidation" (that is, it blocks the process of storing a recently retrieved fear memory). Hence, the purpose of this trial is to determine the anxiolytic and fear memory reconsolidation inhibiting effects of the beta-adrenoreceptor antagonist propranolol on patients with high levels of fear in anticipation of a dental extraction. Methods/Design: This trial is designed as a multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, two-group, parallel, double-blind trial of 34 participants. Consecutive patients who have been referred by their dentist to the departments of oral and maxillofacial surgery of a University hospital or a secondary referral hospital in the Netherlands for at least two tooth and/or molar removals and with self-reported high to extreme fear in anticipation of a dental extraction will be recruited. The intervention is the administration of two 40 mg propranolol capsules 1 hour prior to a dental extraction, followed by one 40 mg capsule directly postoperatively. Placebo capsules will be used as a comparator. The primary outcome will be dental trait anxiety score reduction from baseline to 4-weeks follow-up. The secondary outcomes will be self-reported anxiety during surgery, physiological parameters (heart rate and blood pressure) during recall of the crucial fear-related memory, self-reported vividness, and emotional charge of the crucial fear-related memory. Discussion: This randomized trial is the first to test the efficacy of 120 mg of perioperative propranolol versus placebo in reducing short-term ("state") anxiety during dental extraction, fear memory reconsolidation, and lasting dental ("trait") anxiety in a clinical population. If the results show a reduction in anxiety, this would offer support for routinely prescribing propranolol in patients who are fearful of undergoing dental extractions.
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