Are Adductor Canal Blocks With Bupivacaine and Added Magnesium Better at Managing Post-operative Pain Than Bupivacaine and Added Buprenorphine in Patients Undergoing Same-day Discharge Total Knee Arthroplasty?

NCT ID: NCT05091138

Last Updated: 2021-10-25

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-10-12

Study Completion Date

2022-10-01

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to compare the use of magnesium and bupivacaine to buprenorphine and bupivacaine in post-operative adductor canal blocks (ACB); the study will determine if one combination can result in decreased opioid consumption and improved pain management for patients after same-day discharge total knee arthroplasty (TKA) .

The investigators will assess whether the addition of magnesium to bupivacaine will decrease visual analog scale (VAS) pain scores, decrease post-operative total opioid consumption (oral morphine equivalents), decrease the incidence of post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV), and improve patient satisfaction in comparison to when buprenorphine is added to bupivacaine.

Detailed Description

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Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the most common elective surgical procedures in the United States . The number of TKA procedures has doubled in each of the past two decades and is expected to top 3.4 million per year in the United States by 2030.

Within the last 10-15 years significant changes have taken place in the anesthetic management of patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA). In the past, the majority of patients underwent general anesthesia and were managed post-operatively with a PCA (patient controlled analgesia) pump.

More recently anesthesiologists have begun to use neuraxial anesthesia (spinal anesthesia) combined with regional anesthesia (peripheral nerve block (PNB)) techniques combined with monitored anesthesia care (MAC) for many of these surgeries.

Regional anesthesia is used to block the sensation in a specific part of body during and after surgery. It offers numerous advantages over conventional general anesthesia, including faster recovery time, fewer side effects, no need for an airway device during surgery, and a dramatic reduction in post-surgical pain and reduction in opioid use following surgery. The use of local anesthetic peripheral nerve blocks for surgical anesthesia and postoperative pain management has increased significantly with the advent of ultrasound-guided techniques.

However, the duration of traditional amide-based and ester-based regional anesthesia is normally limited to only a few hours. Techniques including continuous catheter placement or serial injections can be used to enhance the duration and effect of regional anesthesia for postoperative pain control. But these approaches can increase the risk of infection, toxicity, and cost. Therefore, alternative methods of extending the clinical duration of nerve blocks have been a topic of significant interest.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the addition of magnesium to bupivacaine for the post-operative adductor canal blocks can decrease opioid consumption and improve pain management for patients after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) versus adding buprenorphine to bupivacaine for the blocks.

The investigators will assess whether the addition of magnesium will decrease visual analog scale (VAS) pain scores, decrease post-operative total opioid consumption (oral morphine equivalents), decrease the incidence of post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV), and improve patient satisfaction in comparison to when buprenorphine is administered instead.

Conditions

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Post-operative Pain, Acute Opioid Use

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Caregivers Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Mg and Bupivacaine

Patients in this arm (selected randomly) will receive an ultrasound-guided adductor canal block (ACB) with 30cc of 0.25% bupivacaine and 150mg of Mg.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Adding Magnesium as an adjuvant to Bupivacaine in the adductor canal block (ACB) for same-day discharge total knee arthroplasty

Intervention Type DRUG

Post-operatively all patients will have an ultrasound-guided adductor canal block (ACB) with 30cc of 0.25% bupivacaine. Half of the patients (selected randomly using random number table) will receive 150mg of magnesium sulfate in the block and the other half will receive 300 mcg of buprenorphine in the block.

Buprenorphine and Bupivacaine

Patients in this arm (selected randomly) will receive an ultrasound-guided adductor canal block (ACB) with 30cc of 0.25% bupivacaine and 300 mcg of buprenorphine.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Adding Buprenorphine as an adjuvant to Bupivacaine in the adductor canal block (ACB) for same-day discharge total knee arthroplasty

Intervention Type DRUG

Post-operatively all patients will have an ultrasound-guided adductor canal block (ACB) with 30cc of 0.25% bupivacaine. Half of the patients (selected randomly using random number table) will receive 150mg of magnesium sulfate in the block and the other half will receive 300 mcg of buprenorphine in the block.

Interventions

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Adding Magnesium as an adjuvant to Bupivacaine in the adductor canal block (ACB) for same-day discharge total knee arthroplasty

Post-operatively all patients will have an ultrasound-guided adductor canal block (ACB) with 30cc of 0.25% bupivacaine. Half of the patients (selected randomly using random number table) will receive 150mg of magnesium sulfate in the block and the other half will receive 300 mcg of buprenorphine in the block.

Intervention Type DRUG

Adding Buprenorphine as an adjuvant to Bupivacaine in the adductor canal block (ACB) for same-day discharge total knee arthroplasty

Post-operatively all patients will have an ultrasound-guided adductor canal block (ACB) with 30cc of 0.25% bupivacaine. Half of the patients (selected randomly using random number table) will receive 150mg of magnesium sulfate in the block and the other half will receive 300 mcg of buprenorphine in the block.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients undergoing unilateral primary total knee arthroplasty with spinal anesthetic and MAC followed by a unilateral adductor canal block with ultrasound guidance.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients on chronic anticoagulation upon admission
* Patients with significant genetic or acquired clotting/bleeding disorders (hemophilia, DIC, etc.) or significant platelet dysfunction
* Patients with prior back surgery or leg surgery that precludes spinal or regional anesthesia
* Infection at sites for regional/spinal anesthesia
* Allergy to local anesthetics
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

100 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Wayne State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Sandeep Krishnan

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital

Pontiac, Michigan, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Sandeep Krishnan, M.D.

Role: CONTACT

(248) 858-6068

Farhad Ghoddoussi, Ph.D.

Role: CONTACT

(248) 858-6068

Facility Contacts

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Lena Anderson

Role: primary

248-858-6068

Other Identifiers

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Mg versus Buprenorphine in TKA

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id