The Efficacy of Peripheral Nerve Blocks With Intrathecal Morphine in Improving Analgesia After Unilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty

NCT02135120 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2019-01-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether intrathecal morphine (ITM) alone or its combination with peripheral nerve blocks (PNB) provides better analgesia for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Conditions

  • Anesthesia
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty

Interventions

DRUG

Combined spinal epidural anesthesia technique with intrathecal morphine

DRUG

A combination of combined spinal-epidural (with intrathecal morphine) and femoral nerve block

DRUG

A combination of combined spinal-epidural (with intrathecal morphine) and femoral nerve block as well as sciatic nerve block

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • American University of Beirut Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ghassan E Kanazi, MD · American Univesity of Beirut Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-03-31
Primary Completion
2017-02-28
Completion
2017-02-28

Countries

  • Lebanon

Study Locations

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