ESP Vs STB for Pain and Diaphragm Function for Shoulder Surgery

NCT ID: NCT05822414

Last Updated: 2024-12-19

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-05-04

Study Completion Date

2024-12-11

Brief Summary

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To compare the efficacy of pain control, shoulder function recovery, and degree of diaphragm palsy between erector spinae plane block at T2 level and superior trunk block after arthroscopic shoulder surgery

Detailed Description

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Arthroscopic shoulder surgery can cause a substantial degree of postoperative pain that interferes with postoperative recovery. Adequate perioperative pain control can not only decrease duration of hospital length of stay and prevent unnecessary re-admission, but also facilitate postoperative rehabilitation and improve overall quality of life.

According to the 2019 PROSPECT guideline for rotator cuff repair surgery: systematic review and procedure-specific postoperative pain management recommendations, published on Anesthesia, postoperative pain can be controlled by systemic analgesics such as paracetamol and NSAIDS, regional analgesia, and opioids as rescue analgesia.

The current nerve block of choice is the interscalene brachial plexus block. It can provide adequate pain control, but is associated with several drawbacks including neurological injuries from direct nerve contact and pneumothorax, with the potential for phrenic nerve blockade and hemidiaphragmatic paresis raising the most concern. The superior trunk block, which is performed at where the C5 and C6 roots converge to form the superior trunk, was therefore developed, as it is located further away from the phrenic nerve. However, there are still considerable risks of phrenic nerve blockade, as well as nerve injury from direct contact and upper limb motor blockade.

The erector spinae plane block, first described by Forero et al. in 2016, involves the injection of local anaesthetic deep to the erector spinae muscles and has been widely studied for analgesia in thoracic surgery. It is a paraspinal fascial plane block and is assumed to share the same mechanism at different vertebral levels, including cervical and lumbar, to provide analgesia for a variety of different surgeries, including spine and breast surgeries. In recent years, erector spinae plane block performed at T2 level has also been employed for chronic shoulder pain and arthroscopic shoulder surgery perioperative pain management. Significant better perioperative pain control was achieved when compared with sham block using normal saline by Cftci et al. in 2021 and non inferior pain control was achieved when compared with peri-articular injection of local anesthetics by Shanthanna et al in 2022.

To date, there is no head to head trial comparing the effect of the established block of choice, interscalene brachial plexus block or superior trunk block, to the more novel T2 erector spinae plane block. We therefore designed this study to compare the use of superior trunk block and T2 erector spinae plane block in arthroscopic shoulder surgery with respect to their respective analgesic efficacy and undesired side effect of hemidiaphragm palsy. Primary outcomes of the study are postoperative pain score evaluated by the 100mm-visual analogue scale and morphine consumption, and diaphragm excursion assessed with ultrasonography, while the secondary outcomes include patient reported outcomes assessed by Quality of Recovery-15 (QOR-15) and Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI)

Conditions

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Rotator Cuff Injuries

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Caregivers Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Erector Spinae Plane Block group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Erector spinae plane block

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Erector spinae plane block will be injected at the second thoracic vertebral level for patient undergoing rotator cuff repair surgery

Superior Trunk Block group

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Erector spinae plane block

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Erector spinae plane block will be injected at the second thoracic vertebral level for patient undergoing rotator cuff repair surgery

Interventions

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Erector spinae plane block

Erector spinae plane block will be injected at the second thoracic vertebral level for patient undergoing rotator cuff repair surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* patients receiving arthroscopic shoulder surgery

Exclusion Criteria

* patients with age \<18 and \>85
* pregnancy
* patients with severe organ failure: respiratory failure (FEV1 (Forced expiratory volume) /FVC (forced vital capacity)\<70% and FEV1\< 50%), heart failure (NYHA class III, IV), renal failure (eGFR\<60ml/min/1.73m\^2)
* patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive lung disease
* patients with arrhythmia
* patients with ongoing infection
* patients with chronic opioid use or substance abuse history
* patients with coagulopathy
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

85 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Taiwan University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Chun-Yu Wu, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

National Taiwan University Hospital

Locations

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National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, , Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

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Taiwan

References

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Kang R, Jeong JS, Chin KJ, Yoo JC, Lee JH, Choi SJ, Gwak MS, Hahm TS, Ko JS. Superior Trunk Block Provides Noninferior Analgesia Compared with Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block in Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery. Anesthesiology. 2019 Dec;131(6):1316-1326. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000002919.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31490292 (View on PubMed)

Hussain N, Goldar G, Ragina N, Banfield L, Laffey JG, Abdallah FW. Suprascapular and Interscalene Nerve Block for Shoulder Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Anesthesiology. 2017 Dec;127(6):998-1013. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000001894.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 28968280 (View on PubMed)

Forero M, Rajarathinam M, Adhikary SD, Chin KJ. Erector spinae plane block for the management of chronic shoulder pain: a case report. Can J Anaesth. 2018 Mar;65(3):288-293. doi: 10.1007/s12630-017-1010-1. Epub 2017 Nov 13.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 29134518 (View on PubMed)

Shanthanna H, Czuczman M, Moisiuk P, O'Hare T, Khan M, Forero M, Davis K, Moro J, Vanniyasingam T, Foster G, Thabane L, Alolabi B. Erector spinae plane block vs. peri-articular injection for pain control after arthroscopic shoulder surgery: a randomised controlled trial. Anaesthesia. 2022 Mar;77(3):301-310. doi: 10.1111/anae.15625. Epub 2021 Dec 3.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 34861745 (View on PubMed)

Ciftci B, Ekinci M, Golboyu BE, Kapukaya F, Atalay YO, Kuyucu E, Demiraran Y. High Thoracic Erector Spinae Plane Block for Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery: A Randomized Prospective Double-Blind Study. Pain Med. 2021 Apr 20;22(4):776-783. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnaa359.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 33155041 (View on PubMed)

Padua R, de Girolamo L, Grassi A, Cucchi D. Choosing patient-reported outcome measures for shoulder pathology. EFORT Open Rev. 2021 Sep 14;6(9):779-787. doi: 10.1302/2058-5241.6.200109. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 34667649 (View on PubMed)

Stark PA, Myles PS, Burke JA. Development and psychometric evaluation of a postoperative quality of recovery score: the QoR-15. Anesthesiology. 2013 Jun;118(6):1332-40. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318289b84b.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23411725 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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202301211RINB

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id