Status:
COMPLETED
Pain After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Trial Examining Combined Adductor-canal Nerve Block and Periarticular Infiltration Versus Adductor Canal Nerve Block Versus Periarticular Infiltration
Lead Sponsor:
North York General Hospital
Conditions:
Total Knee Arthroplasty
Postoperative Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
Effective pain management following total knee arthroplasty is important to facilitate early mobilization and rehabilitation. To manage post-operative pain, multimodal analgesia, including acetaminoph...
Detailed Description
Hypothesis: The combination of adductor-canal peripheral nerve block with periarticular intra-operative infiltration (AC+PI) provides superior analgesia and preserves motor function as compared to ad...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- age 18 years or older
- ASA I-III
- eligible for spinal anesthetic
- able to speak
- read and understand English
- willing to participate in the trial
- will be discharged home.
Exclusion
- contraindication to regional anesthesia
- have an allergy to local anesthetics
- contradiction to NSAID's
- have chronic pain that is not related to their knee joint
- have been using opioids on a chronic basis (3 months or longer)
- have a pre-existing peripheral neuropathy involving the operative site.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
156 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01797588
Start Date
March 1 2013
End Date
March 1 2014
Last Update
January 5 2015
Active Locations (1)
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North York General Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M2K 1E1