Status:

RECRUITING

Ropivacaine Concentration and Rebound Pain

Lead Sponsor:

Oslo University Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

University of Oslo

Conditions:

Radius Fracture Distal

Rebound Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to see if the concentration of a local anesthetic (ropivacaine) in peripheral nerve block is related to the severness of pain after surgery of distal radius fracture...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with distal radius fracture, scheduled for volar plate surgery
  • Surgery up to 20 days after fracture trauma
  • 18 to 80 years old (inclusive)
  • ASA 1, 2 or stable ASA 3
  • Body Mass Index (BMI) 18 to 40 kg/m2 (inclusive)
  • Weight of 50 kg or more
  • Ability to communicate sufficiently in a scandinavian language
  • Capable of giving a signed informed consent
  • Ability and willingness to understand og be compliant to the study

Exclusion

  • Contemporaneous painful injuries
  • Existing long-term pain
  • Peripheral nerve damage in the arm with radius fracture
  • Patients who prior to fracture trauma use opioids, psycothropic drugs or medication, with or without prescription, with significantly sedative effect on regular basis.
  • Excessive use of alcohol (more than 15 units of alchol per week for men, more than 8 units of alchol per week for women, or patients reporting to be incapable of avoiding alcohol as long as they use strong opioids).
  • Progressive neurologic disease (inclusive diabetic neuropathy).
  • Skin infection at the site for brachial plexus nerve block
  • Other contraindications for brachial plexus nerve block
  • Contraindications for ropivacaine, paracetamol, etoricoxib, dexamehtasone or oxycodone
  • Previous allergic reaction to local anaesthetics or etoricoxib, dexamethasone, oxycodone or paracetamol.
  • Pregnant or breast-feeding women at surgery day (they do not get excluded if they become pregnant in the follow up period after intervention and surgery)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 14 2025

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

80 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06950372

Start Date

February 14 2025

End Date

December 1 2026

Last Update

April 30 2025

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Oslo University Hospital

Oslo, Norway