Status:
WITHDRAWN
Duration of Leg Nerve Blocks With Dexamethasone Added to Local Anesthetic
Lead Sponsor:
University of New Mexico
Conditions:
Pain
Total Knee Arthroplasty
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
This is a Randomized Double blinded controlled trial on the effect of adding dexamethasone to Ropivacaine on the duration of pain relief for ultrasound guided femoral, obturator and popliteal block af...
Detailed Description
This is a double blinded randomized controlled trial on the effect on duration of action when we add dexamethasone to our 3 routine peripheral nerve blocks (femoral, obturator and sciatic nerve) for t...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I to III,
- Aged 18 and above,
- Undergoing total knee replacement.
Exclusion
- Body mass index of more than 45 kg/m2 (higher chance of failure)
- Weight less than 70 kg
- Diabetes
- Injection site deformities
- Infection at the injection site
- Existing peripheral neuropathy
- Allergy to LA agents
- Contraindications to dexamethasone
- Patients with severe PONV
- Patients with peptic ulceration or upper GI bleed of unknown origin
- Coagulopathy
- Any other contraindication to lower limb peripheral nerve block
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01511211
Start Date
September 1 2012
End Date
August 1 2013
Last Update
September 12 2013
Active Locations (1)
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University of New Mexico Hospital
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 87106