Status:

COMPLETED

QL Block With Exparel in Colectomy

Lead Sponsor:

Duke University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc

Conditions:

Laparotomy

Colectomy

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-85 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if using a different type of injection of local anesthestic (pain medicine) in between the muscle layers of the abdominal wall (called a quadratus lumborum bl...

Detailed Description

Participants in this study will receive exparel via an abdominal muscle nerve block procedure immediately prior to their operation. Participants will be in this study for 96 hours following surgery, w...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients scheduled for elective, laparoscopic colonic resection by one of three surgeons: Drs. Thacker, Mantyh or Migaly. These surgeons perform this procedure in the same manner
  • Age 18-85 years
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Class I-III
  • BMI 18-35 kg/m\^2

Exclusion

  • Inability to consent
  • Inability to speak English
  • Pregnancy
  • Emergency surgery
  • Contraindications to regional blockade: coagulopathy or bleeding diathesis, local infection, allergy to local anesthetics
  • Allergies/intolerances/contraindications to any of the multimodal agents (acetaminophen, gabapentin, ketorolac)
  • Daily opioid equivalent use of 30 mg of morphine or greater at time of consent
  • History of drug or alcohol abuse
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Uncontrolled anxiety, schizophrenia or other psychiatric disorder that, in the opinion of the investigator, may interfere with the study assessments of compliance

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 31 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 9 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

35 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03827291

Start Date

October 31 2019

End Date

December 9 2022

Last Update

October 16 2025

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Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710