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The Effect of Dexamethasone on the Duration of Interscalene Nerve Blocks With Ropivacaine or Bupivacaine

NCT00801138 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 218

Last updated 2017-05-01

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Summary

This study will test the hypothesis that adding dexamethasone significantly prolongs the duration of ropivacaine and bupivacaine analgesia, and that the magnitude of the effect differs among the two local anaesthetics.. Participants will be patients undergoing shoulder surgery with an interscalene nerve block.

Conditions

  • Anesthesia, Local
  • Shoulder Surgery

Interventions

DRUG

saline

2 ml 0.9% saline (placebo)

DRUG

Dexamethasone

dexamethasone 8 mg (2 ml)

DRUG

ropivacaine

30 ml 0.5% ropivacaine

DRUG

Bupivacaine

30 ml 0.5% bupivacaine

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Cleveland Clinic

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kenneth Cummings, MD · The Cleveland Clinic

  • Daniel I Sessler, MD · The Cleveland Clinic

  • Ivan Parra Sanchez, MD · The Cleveland Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-11-30
Primary Completion
2010-11-30
Completion
2010-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Drugs

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