Status:

TERMINATED

A Comparison of Anaesthetic Methods for Total Knee Replacement Surgery

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust

Conditions:

Total Knee Replacement

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-85 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Open-labelled, randomised controlled trial. Patients will be assessed pre-operatively, at 24 and 48 hours for the primary outcome and secondary outcomes (except for Oxford Knee Score which will be ass...

Detailed Description

We are comparing a continuous adductor canal block with a low concentration continuous femoral nerve block. We currently use a low dose femoral nerve catheter based technique as part of our standard t...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Subject has a diagnosis of rheumatoid or osteoarthritis and listed for a primary total knee replacement.
  • Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study.
  • Male or Female, aged between 18 and 85 years.
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score I-III
  • Able (in the clinical staff's opinion) and willing to comply with all study requirements.
  • Willing to allow his or her General Practitioner and consultant, if appropriate, to be noti-fied of participation in the study.

Exclusion

  • Patient refusal
  • Chronic pain (defined as consumption of \>480mg codeine/24hrs or ANY regular strong opiate consumption by the oral/transdermal route)
  • Patients aged \<18 or \>85
  • ASA score \>III
  • Body mass index (BMI) \>35
  • Lacking mental capacity to give consent to enter trial/undergo surgery
  • Contraindications to catheter placement (coagulopathy , systemic sepsis or infection at placement site, pre-existing neuropathy) or any other component to the study treatment pathway.
  • Participant who is terminally ill
  • Allergy/intolerance to study medications
  • Any other significant disease or disorder which, in the opinion of the Investigator, may either put the participants at risk because of participation in the study, or may influence the result of the study, or the participant's ability to participate in the study.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 8 2015

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 27 2017

Estimated Enrollment :

6 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02249481

Start Date

December 8 2015

End Date

June 27 2017

Last Update

September 6 2019

Active Locations (1)

Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.

Page 1 of 1 (1 locations)

1

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom, PL6 8BQ