Comparison of Quadratus Lumborum and Transverse Abdominis Plane Blocks With Intravenous Analgesic in Gallbladder Surgery

NCT ID: NCT06058195

Last Updated: 2024-01-24

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

128 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-10-03

Study Completion Date

2024-02-16

Brief Summary

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Patients who will undergo laparoscopic gallbladder surgery are expected to experience less postoperative pain and have less need for morphine-derived painkillers.

For this reason, a total of 128 patients were planned to be included in the study, including a group of patients who were eligible for gallbladder surgery with transverse abdominis plane block (TAPB), a group of patients with quadratus lumborum plane block (QLB) and a group of patients with intravenous painkillers (IVA).

Detailed Description

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1. Group QLB (Quadratus lumborum plane block): 20 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine will be used each time for plane block on both sides. Patients will be sedated with 1 mg midazolam and 50 mcg fentanyl intravenously in the preoperative preparation room in the operating room and 20 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine was administered bilaterally on each side under ultrasound guidance. After the block application, the patient was taken to the operating room and standard general anaesthesia was applied. Patients will not be given any analgesic medication before awakening from anaesthesia.
2. Group TAPB (Transverse abdominis plane block): 20 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine will be used each time for plane block on both sides. Patients will be sedated with 1 mg midazolam and 50 mcg fentanyl intravenously in the preoperative preparation room in the operating room and 20 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine was administered bilaterally on each side under ultrasound guidance. After the block application, the patient was taken to the operating room and standard general anaesthesia was applied. Patients will not be given any analgesic medication before awakening from anaesthesia.

For both Group QLB and Group TAPB block group;
* Medical records will be audited to monitor adherence to the intervention.
* each patient will be administered 0.25% bupivacaine for each side (a total of 40 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine will be used)
* plane blocks will be applied under ultrasound guidance.
* plane block applications will be performed by anaesthesiologists with at least 5 years of experience
* Postoperative evaluations of patients will be performed face to face.
* Plane block applications will be applied only once in the preoperative period.
* In the postoperative period, 1000 mg paracetamol will be given intravenously if the pain intensity of the patients is below Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) 4. However, if the severity of pain is VAS 4 and above, 100 mg tramadol will be given intravenously.
* This study will be followed up in the general surgery unit.
* Patients will be monitored for pain and side effects at 30th minute, 2nd hour, 4th hour, 12th hour and 24th hour in the postoperative period.
* Both plane blocks are applied for analgesia in the postoperative period and aim to reduce opioid consumption in the postoperative period.
3. Group IVA (Intravenous analgesia): These patients will be administered 1000 mg paracetamol intravenously in the preoperative waiting room in the operating room approximately 20-30 minutes before induction of anaesthesia. No block procedure will be performed. Patients will not be given any analgesic medication before awakening from anaesthesia.

* Postoperative evaluations of patients will be performed face to face.
* Plane block applications will be applied only once in the preoperative period.
* In the postoperative period, 1000 mg paracetamol will be given intravenously if the pain intensity of the patients is below Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) 4. However, if the severity of pain is VAS 4 and above, 100 mg tramadol will be given intravenously.
* This study will be followed up in the general surgery unit.
* Patients will be monitored for pain and side effects at 30th minute, 2nd hour, 4th hour, 12th hour and 24th hour in the postoperative period.

Statistical methods / analysis: Power analysis (G-Power version 3.1.9.4 (University Kiel, Germany) program was used to calculate the sample size. The two-tailed alpha error was taken as 0.05, power as 0.80 and effect size as 0.8, and based on a previous study the allocation ratio was accepted as N2/N1:1. The minimum number of patients to be included in the study was calculated as 52.

SPSS 16.0 for Windows (SPSS Inc., Chicago, USA) was used for other statistical analyses. Statistical data were expressed as mean and standard deviation, while categorical data were expressed as frequency and percentage. Comparison of categorical data in the groups was done with Chi-square, the results were given as %n. Shapiro-Wilk tests were used to determine if the numerical data fit the normal distribution. While the data fitting the normal distribution were evaluated with the Student's t-test. Mann- Whitney U tests were used to compare the data differ from the normal distribution. p \<0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Conditions

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Cholecystectomy

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Group QLB (quadratus lumborum plane block)

Group QLB (quadratus lumborum plane block): 20 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine will be used each time for plane block on both sides. Patients will be sedated with 1 mg midazolam and 50 mcg fentanyl intravenously in the preoperative preparation room in the operating room and 20 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine was administered bilaterally on each side under ultrasound guidance. After the block application, the patient was taken to the operating room and standard general anaesthesia was applied.

\- Plane block applications will be applied only once in the preoperative period

Quadratus lumborum plane block

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

QLB (quadratus lumborum plane block): 20 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine will be used each time for plane block on both sides. Patients will be sedated with 1 mg midazolam and 50 mcg fentanyl intravenously in the preoperative preparation room in the operating room and 20 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine was administered bilaterally on each side under ultrasound guidance. After the block application, the patient was taken to the operating room and standard general anaesthesia was applied.

Group TAPB (transverse abdominis plane block)

Group TAPB (transverse abdominis plane block): 20 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine will be used each time for plane block on both sides. Patients will be sedated with 1 mg midazolam and 50 mcg fentanyl intravenously in the preoperative preparation room in the operating room and 20 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine was administered bilaterally on each side under ultrasound guidance. After the block application, the patient was taken to the operating room and standard general anaesthesia was applied.

Transverse abdominis plane block

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

TAPB (transverse abdominis plane block): 20 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine will be used each time for plane block on both sides. Patients will be sedated with 1 mg midazolam and 50 mcg fentanyl intravenously in the preoperative preparation room in the operating room and 20 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine was administered bilaterally on each side under ultrasound guidance. After the block application, the patient was taken to the operating room and standard general anaesthesia was applied.

Group IVA (Intravenous analgesia)

Group IVA (Intravenous analgesia): These patients will be administered 1000 mg paracetamol intravenously in the preoperative waiting room in the operating room approximately 20-30 minutes before induction of anaesthesia. No block procedure will be performed. Patients will not be given any analgesic medication before awakening from anaesthesia.

Intravenous analgesia

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

IVA (Intravenous analgesia): These patients will be administered 1000 mg paracetamol intravenously in the preoperative waiting room in the operating room approximately 20-30 minutes before induction of anaesthesia. No block procedure will be performed. Patients will not be given any analgesic medication before awakening from anaesthesia.

Interventions

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Quadratus lumborum plane block

QLB (quadratus lumborum plane block): 20 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine will be used each time for plane block on both sides. Patients will be sedated with 1 mg midazolam and 50 mcg fentanyl intravenously in the preoperative preparation room in the operating room and 20 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine was administered bilaterally on each side under ultrasound guidance. After the block application, the patient was taken to the operating room and standard general anaesthesia was applied.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Transverse abdominis plane block

TAPB (transverse abdominis plane block): 20 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine will be used each time for plane block on both sides. Patients will be sedated with 1 mg midazolam and 50 mcg fentanyl intravenously in the preoperative preparation room in the operating room and 20 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine was administered bilaterally on each side under ultrasound guidance. After the block application, the patient was taken to the operating room and standard general anaesthesia was applied.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Intravenous analgesia

IVA (Intravenous analgesia): These patients will be administered 1000 mg paracetamol intravenously in the preoperative waiting room in the operating room approximately 20-30 minutes before induction of anaesthesia. No block procedure will be performed. Patients will not be given any analgesic medication before awakening from anaesthesia.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Aged 18-70 years,
* who will undergo laparoscopic cholecystectomy and who meet the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I-III physical status

Exclusion Criteria

* American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status above 3
* Age \< 18 or \>70 years
* patient's reluctance
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Fatma Acil

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Fatma Acil

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital

Locations

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Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital

Diyarbakır, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Central Contacts

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Fatma Acil

Role: CONTACT

+905337225225

Facility Contacts

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Fatma Acil, M.D.

Role: primary

+905337225225

References

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Verma K, Malawat A, Jethava D, Jethava DD. Comparison of transversus abdominis plane block and quadratus lumborum block for post-caesarean section analgesia: A randomised clinical trial. Indian J Anaesth. 2019 Oct;63(10):820-826. doi: 10.4103/ija.IJA_61_19. Epub 2019 Oct 10.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31649394 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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03.03.2023/372

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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