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A Study Investigating Ways to Make Local Anaesthetic Hand Surgery Less Painful - Reducing Tourniquet Associated Pain

NCT01611064 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2015-05-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Hand surgery requires a reduced blood flow to the hand during the operation, which is achieved using a tourniquet (tightly inflated circumferential cuff) around the upper arm. However this tourniquet is painful. This study investigates whether breathing oxygen can reduce the pain associated with the tourniquet to both improve patient experience and potentially to allow longer operations to be completed under a local anaesthetic (rather than a general anaesthetic, where the patient is put to sleep, which is more costly, time consuming and risky for the patient).

Conditions

  • Hand Injuries/Disease Requiring Surgery to the Hand

Interventions

DRUG

Oxygen

Pure oxygen delivered by simple adult oxygen mask at rate of 10 litres/minute. Commencing 3 minutes prior to tourniquet inflation and administered for a maximum of 45 minutes

DRUG

Medical air

Pure medical air (21% oxygen content) delivered by simple adult oxygen mask at rate of 10 litres/minute. Commencing 3 minutes prior to tourniquet inflation and administered for a maximum of 45 minutes

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Oxford

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Natalia White, BA BMBCh · Oxford University Hospitals Trust

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-02-29
Primary Completion
2012-06-30
Completion
2012-06-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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