Status:

COMPLETED

Ultrasound Guided Local Anesthetic Block: Thoracolumbar Interfascial Plane

Lead Sponsor:

Medical University of South Carolina

Conditions:

Healthy

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine the effectiveness of a new approach to numbing (anesthetizing) nerves in the back and to measure how far the area of anesthesia extends on the skin of the back...

Detailed Description

This research aims to define a novel field-infiltration nerve block. We will use ultrasound guidance to inject local anesthesia into the potential space between the muscle bodies of the erector spinae...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Healthy Adult

Exclusion

  • Pregnant women (a urine pregnancy test will be done on all females of childbearing age)
  • Liver dysfunction
  • Elderly
  • Impaired cardiovascular function
  • Individuals on amiodarone or history of back surgery
  • History of medical allergy to local amide type local anesthetics
  • Medical allergy to chlorhexidine
  • History of paresthesias
  • Inability to lay flat
  • Home oxygen requirement
  • History of seizures
  • Only adults will be eligible.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

10 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02297191

Start Date

July 1 2014

End Date

November 1 2014

Last Update

June 20 2018

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Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425