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Adductor Canal Nerve Block Following Total Knee Arthroplasty

NCT01939379 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2021-04-20

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Summary

The purpose of this study is that an adductor canal nerve block (putting numbing medicine near the nerve) has been shown to produce excellent pain relief with less pain medication use after knee replacement surgery.The investigators will be comparing the amount of pain relief following knee replacement surgery when you have a nerve block in place. There will be approximately 66 subjects participating in this study. After surgery subjects will receive numbing medication every 6 hours for 48 hours. Subjects will also receive a morphine PCA (patient controlled analgesia) after surgery and pain medication by mouth every 4 hours around the clock with the option to receive more pain medication if needed. Subjects will participate in the study up to 3 days.

Conditions

  • Post-op Pain

Interventions

DRUG

Morphine PCA started at the end of surgery, 1 Percocet 1/325mg every 4 hours; may receive a second Percocet if needed.

DRUG

For the 30ml ropivacaine the intervention would be the subject can request extra pain medication which would be Percocet and/or morphine PCA.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Loma Linda University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-09-30
Primary Completion
2017-07-25
Completion
2017-07-25

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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