Status:

COMPLETED

Comparing Through-the-Needle With Suture-Method Catheter Designs for Popliteal Nerve Blocks

Lead Sponsor:

University of California, San Diego

Collaborating Sponsors:

Ferrosan Medical Devices, Roskilde, Denmark

Conditions:

Regional Anesthesia

Sciatic Nerve Block

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Following painful surgical procedures, postoperative analgesia is often provided with a single-injection peripheral nerve block. Hothe investigatorsver, even with the longest-acting FDA-approved local...

Detailed Description

This investigation will be a randomized, observer-masked, controlled, parallel-arm, human-subjects clinical trial. Of note, the investigators will be using standard-of-care perineural catheters and lo...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients undergoing ambulatory foot or ankle surgery with a popliteal perineural catheter for postoperative analgesia.

Exclusion

  • Pregnancy
  • Inability to communicate with research staff
  • Incarceration
  • Clinically apparent neuropathy in the operative extremity
  • Chronic high dose opioid use
  • History of opioid abuse
  • Concurrent surgery outside the block distribution
  • Patients with nerves deeper than 5 cm from the skin

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 6 2018

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 5 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

70 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03442036

Start Date

April 6 2018

End Date

April 5 2019

Last Update

February 17 2021

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UCSD Medical Center

San Diego, California, United States, 92103