Status:

WITHDRAWN

A Study of Postsurgical Pain Control for Lower Extremity Fractures

Lead Sponsor:

Broward Health

Conditions:

Lower Extremity Fractures.

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Postsurgical pain may effectively be treated with a multimodal approach that incorporates the use of local anesthetics. Bupivacaine is a local anesthetic that has been proven to be effective at reduci...

Detailed Description

All patients undergoing surgical fixation of a lower extremity fracture(s) will be offered the opportunity to enroll in the study. Patients undergoing unilateral or bilateral surgical fixation would b...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients over 18 years of age
  • Preoperative diagnosis of lower extremity fracture(s) requiring surgical fixation

Exclusion

  • Allergy to ExparelTM or certain other local anesthetic agents
  • Surgery performed at an outside institution or by a different surgeon
  • Chronic analgesic users (defined as use of opioid medication \>14 days in the past 3 months, or use of non-opioid pain medication \>5 times per week
  • Pregnant females or females who think they may become pregnant
  • Peripheral neuropathy
  • Major psychiatric disease
  • Inability to comprehend the nature of the study
  • Unwillingness to provide signed informed consent
  • Markedly abnormal kidney function or renal disease
  • Non-English speaking
  • Signs or symptoms of compartment syndrome

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2015

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02214810

Start Date

January 1 2015

End Date

September 1 2015

Last Update

February 19 2016

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Broward Health Medical Center

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, 33316