Regional Anesthesia for Sickle Cell Crisis Using Ultrasound in The Emergency Department: Phase I

NCT01256281 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2

Last updated 2015-04-23

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Summary

The hypothesis of this study is:

Femoral nerve blocks can feasibly be performed on patients with Sickle Cell Disease and painful crisis in the Emergency Department.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Femoral Nerve Block

Patients enrolled will receive ultrasound guided FNB in addition to standard care. If subjects are experiencing pain in both lower extremities, both extremities will be blocked; if subjects are experiencing pain in one lower extremity, only the affected extremity will be blocked.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Jeffrey D Glassberg, MD · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-09-30
Primary Completion
2013-08-31
Completion
2013-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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