Status:
COMPLETED
Analgesia in Children Using Caudal Epidural Ropivacaine
Lead Sponsor:
Loma Linda University
Conditions:
Inguinal Hernia
Circumcision
Eligibility:
All Genders
2-2 years
Brief Summary
Caudal epidural analgesia (caudal block)is used in standard pediatric anesthesia practice. It has been shown to be effective in managing postoperative pain in children undergoing abdominal and infraum...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 2 months to 2 years
- Weight 25kg or less
- ASA class 1, 2, 3
- Elective inguinal herniorrhaphy or orchiopexy
Exclusion
- Contraindications to caudal epidural analgesia
- parent's refusal
- skeletal or spinal cord anomaly
- coagulopathy
- infection at the insertion site
- ongoing bacteremia
- allergy to ropivacaine
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2012
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
90 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01494272
Start Date
June 1 2012
End Date
May 1 2015
Last Update
November 25 2015
Active Locations (2)
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1
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda, California, United States, 92354
2
Loma Linda University Outpatient Surgery Center
Loma Linda, California, United States, 92354