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Characteristics of Popliteal Sciatic Nerve Block in Patients With and Without Diabetic Neuropathy

NCT02076945 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 75

Last updated 2016-09-27

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Summary

Background Between 25 and 55% of diabetic patients develop neuropathy secondary to hyperglycemia. High resolution bedside ultrasound has been demonstrated to be a useful tool to detect the presence of neuropathy prior to block performance, by measuring the cross-sectional area of the posterior tibial nerve: a value superior to 19.01 mm2 at a distance of 3 cm above the medial malleolus has an optimal threshold value for identification of diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy.

Animal data showed that duration of sciatic nerve block with local anesthetics is longer in diabetic rats compared with non-diabetic rats. Characteristics of a peripheral nerve blockade in humans with diabetic sensorimotor neuropathy are unknown.

Aim The aim of this study is to compare duration of analgesia and other characteristics of an ultrasound-guided popliteal sciatic nerve block between diabetic patients with neuropathy, diabetic patients without neuropathy and non-diabetic patients without neuropathy, based on the ultrasound-measured cross-sectional area of the posterior tibial nerve.

Hypothesis We hypothesize that diabetic patients with neuropathy will have a duration of analgesia lasting 50% longer than patients without neuropathy.

Methods This will be an observational study on diabetic and non-diabetic patients, with and without peripheral neuropathy, based on the ultrasound-measured cross sectional area of the posterior tibial nerve 3 cm above the medial malleolus (cut-off value, 19.01 mm2)

All patients will receive ultrasound-guided sciatic nerve block with 30 mL1:1 mixture of lidocaine 1% and bupivacaine 0.5%, with the needle tip positioned at the bifurcation of the sciatic nerve in peroneal and tibial nerve, below the common fascia or paraneurium. Block success will be confirmed by loss of sensation to pinprick in the distribution of the common peroneal and tibial nerves 30 minutes following local anesthetic injection. This procedure will be completed by a saphenous nerve block. Postoperative pain management will be standardized.

Pain and block-related endpoints will be collected such as onset time of action of sensory and motor blockades, duration of analgesia, pain scores and opiates consumption among others.

Relevance Defining the duration of analgesia in case of diabetic neuropathy will help regional anesthesiologists to better define the type and doses of drugs that will be injected and to better prescribe the postoperative multimodal analgesic treatment.

Conditions

  • Diabetic Neuropathy

Interventions

PROCEDURE

US-guided sciatic block at the popliteal crease (30 mL1:1 mixture of lidocaine 1% and bupivacaine 0.5%)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-02-28
Primary Completion
2016-08-31
Completion
2016-08-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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