Status:
UNKNOWN
A Dose Finding Study for Pain Relief of a Broken Hip
Lead Sponsor:
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Collaborating Sponsors:
Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government
Conditions:
Femoral Neck Fractures
Eligibility:
All Genders
35-95 years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
Studies have suggested a link with effective pain relief and reduced illness and death in high risk patients. Ultrasound guided nerve blocks have been associated with an increased success rate and all...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Emergency proximal fractured neck of femur for surgical fixation
- Visual analogue pain score at rest of \>=5
- American Society of Anaesthesiology grading \<=4
- Able to give informed consent
- Resting visual analogue pain score of greater than 50mm on a 100mm scale before recruitment
- Patient is able to cooperate with sensory testing of lower limb function
Exclusion
- Abnormal clotting screen (coagulopathy) or thrombocytopenia (\< 100,000)
- Acute mental test score of \<=7 at any time preoperatively
- Allergy to local anaesthetic
- Contra-indication to levobupivacaine
- Signs, symptoms or laboratory evidence of local infection or systemic sepsis
- No pre-existing neurological deficit (sensory or motor) affecting the lower limb
- Patient with lower limb amputations or other condition affecting sensation in lower limbs
- Patient with a history of chronic pain
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
April 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
48 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00926666
Start Date
October 1 2009
End Date
April 1 2011
Last Update
August 4 2009
Active Locations (1)
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Western Infirmary
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, United Kingdom, G11 7AB