Lidocaine With Epinephrine vs. Bupivacaine With Epinephrine as Local Anesthetic Agents in Wide-awake Hand Surgery

NCT ID: NCT02315573

Last Updated: 2019-04-23

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

61 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-10-31

Study Completion Date

2019-04-30

Brief Summary

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This study is focused on comparing patients' pain scores on a visual analogue scale (VAS) and the difference in analgesics use post-operatively (with the same prescription defining only the maximum frequency) between lidocaine with epinephrine \& bupivacaine with epinephrine as local anesthetics in wide-awake hand surgery. The investigators' hypothesis states that a longer acting local anesthetic agent (bupivacaine) would be able to provide better postoperative pain relief demonstrated by lower pain scores on VAS and less analgesics use (as will be recorded on the patient's log). This will be mainly obvious in the first 24 hours postoperative period when the pain is usually at maximum levels and starts to decline thereafter. If the investigators' hypothesis is true, this may potentially change practices of many hand surgeons towards the routine use of longer acting local anesthetics particularly in wide-awake hand surgery, and perhaps could be extrapolated to other surgical specialties. Further, a reduction in postoperative analgesics use would be of paramount clinical importance, as it would reduce their potential side effects.

Detailed Description

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The purpose of this study is to better understand the differences of two commonly used local anesthetics in carpal tunnel surgery. This study will explore the differences in terms of patient satisfaction during surgery (measured on VAS), pain after surgery (measured on VAS), and the need for pain medications after surgery (patients will annotate on a log given to them the time of the medication taken if needed for analgesia).

Wide awake hand surgery (freezing your limb while being fully awake) has recently been popularized as being faster and safer for patients compared to hand surgery under general anesthesia or with sedation. Advantages include fast recovery and no risks of general anesthesia.

In order to freeze the wrist to undergo carpal tunnel surgery, a local anesthetic is injected into the nerves of the wrist. Among the most commonly used anesthetic agents are Lidocaine (shorter duration of anesthesia) and Bupivacaine (longer duration of anesthesia). Until now, no enough evidence to support using one anesthetic agent over the other. Furthermore, no previous studies looked at the perception of pain from patient's perspectives when using different anesthetic agents.

There will be NO change in the standard medical care that patients will receive whether or not patients decide to participate in the study. Patients that join the study will receive the same anesthetic agents used in those procedures as patients who decide not to participate. The only difference will be collecting clinical data from participants and asking participants to complete two questionnaires regarding the surgical experience, and the perceived level of pain during the two days that follow surgery. As well, participants will be asked to keep a simple log of the pain medications that are consumed during the two days after the surgery. Patients' total participation time should take no more than 30 minutes.

Patients' decision to participate in this study will help doctors in the future to decide which of these two used anesthetic agents (Lidocaine or Bupivacaine) gives patients the best experience during surgery. As well, it will help reduce the pain that some patients experience after surgery, as well as reduce the need for pain medications after surgery.

Conditions

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Caregivers

Study Groups

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Lidocaine with epinephrine

Wrist block anesthesia with Lidocaine 1% with epinephrine; 10cc.

Group 1 will receive the same treatment as group 2, except that the wide-awake carpal tunnel release surgery will be performed under Lidocaine anesthesia instead of Bupivacaine anesthesia.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Wrist block anesthesia

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

The carpal tunnel release surgery will be performed under wrist block anesthesia. Group 1 will have the wrist block performed with Lidocaine and epinephrine, while Group 2 with Bupivacaine and epinephrine.

Bupivacaine with epinephrine

Wrist block anesthesia with Bupivacaine 0.25% with epinephrine; 10cc.

Group 2 will receive the same treatment as group 1, except that the wide-awake carpal tunnel release surgery will be performed under Bupivacaine anesthesia instead of Lidocaine anesthesia.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Wrist block anesthesia

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

The carpal tunnel release surgery will be performed under wrist block anesthesia. Group 1 will have the wrist block performed with Lidocaine and epinephrine, while Group 2 with Bupivacaine and epinephrine.

Interventions

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Wrist block anesthesia

The carpal tunnel release surgery will be performed under wrist block anesthesia. Group 1 will have the wrist block performed with Lidocaine and epinephrine, while Group 2 with Bupivacaine and epinephrine.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Other Intervention Names

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Lidocaine with epinephrine Bupivacain with epinephrine

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Over 18 years old
* First time carpal tunnel surgery

Exclusion Criteria

* Regular analgesic medication consumption
* More than one surgical procedure at the same time as carpal tunnel surgery
* Need for a surrogate decision maker
* Allergic or unable to take morphine, hydromorphone (Dilaudid), acetaminophen (Tylenol), lidoxaine (Xylocaine), bupivacaine (Marcane), or epinephrine
* End stage kidney disease
* End stage liver disease
* Pregnant
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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St. Mary's Research Center, Canada

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr Mario Luc

Dr Mario Luc MD, MSc, FRCSC

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Mario Luc, MD, FRCSC

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

McGill University

Locations

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St. Mary's Hospital Center

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

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Other Identifiers

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SMHC #14-30

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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