Total Knee Arthroplasty Analgesia: Single-shot Femoral Nerve Block or Epidural?

NCT ID: NCT02164825

Last Updated: 2015-02-05

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-01-31

Study Completion Date

2014-08-31

Brief Summary

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Single-shot femoral nerve block is similar to continuous epidural technique for postoperative analgesia in total knee arthroplasty

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Postoperative Pain Treatment for Total Knee Arthroplasty

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Single-shot nerve block

Efficacy compared to epidural

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Ropivacaine perineural injection

Intervention Type DRUG

Ultrasound guided single-shot femoral nerve block

Continuous epidural

Continuous epidural perfusion

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

morphine and ropivacaine

Intervention Type DRUG

Continuous epidural analgesic perfusion Epidural perfusion with morphine and ropivacaine.

Interventions

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Ropivacaine perineural injection

Ultrasound guided single-shot femoral nerve block

Intervention Type DRUG

morphine and ropivacaine

Continuous epidural analgesic perfusion Epidural perfusion with morphine and ropivacaine.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Elective total knee arthroplasty

Exclusion Criteria

* Coagulopathy
* Neuropathy
* Morbid obesity
* local anesthetics allergy
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Mariana Marques da Cunha

MD

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Centro Hospitalar Tâmega e Sousa

Penafiel, Penafiel, Portugal

Site Status

Countries

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Portugal

Other Identifiers

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CHTSA001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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