Status:
UNKNOWN
Can the Femoral Nerve Block be Improved by Ultrasound Guidance?
Lead Sponsor:
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Collaborating Sponsors:
Golden Jubilee National Hospital
Conditions:
Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
35-90 years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
Studies have suggested a link with effective pain relief and reduced illness and death in very unwell patients. This study will determine the most effective method of injecting local anaesthetic aroun...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Elective primary total hip arthroplasty under general anaesthesia
- ASA\<=4
- Able to give informed consent
- Able to cooperate with sensory and motor testing of lower limb function
Exclusion
- Abnormal clotting screen (coagulopathy) or thrombocytopenia (\<100,000)
- Acute mental test score of \<=7 at any time pre or post operatively
- Allergy to local anaesthetic
- Signs, symptoms or laboratory evidence of local infection or systemic sepsis
- No pre-existing neurological deficit (sensory or motor) affecting lower limb
- Patients with lower limb amputations
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
August 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
269 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00696150
Start Date
July 1 2008
End Date
August 1 2010
Last Update
June 12 2008
Active Locations (4)
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1
Gartnavel General hospital
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, United Kingdom, G12 0YN
2
Glasgow Royal Infrimary
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, United Kingdom, G4
3
Golden Jubilee hospital
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
4
Royal alexandra hospital
Paisley, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom, PA2