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Regional Versus General Anesthesia for Promoting Independence After Hip Fracture

NCT02507505 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1848

Last updated 2024-05-13

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out if two types of standard care anesthesia are the same or if one is better for people who have hip fractures.

Conditions

  • Hip Fractures

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Regional Anesthesia

Regional anesthesia involves temporarily numbing parts of the body with nerve blocks. Spinal anesthesia is a type of regional anesthesia that uses medications injected into the fluid surrounding the spinal cord to temporarily numb the legs and lower abdomen. Spinal anesthesia is the most widely used type of regional anesthesia for hip fracture surgery. While intravenous sedation is typically used for comfort with spinal anesthesia, invasive airway interventions are not typically required.

PROCEDURE

General Anesthesia

General anesthesia uses injected or inhaled medications to keep people unconscious during surgery. Since general anesthesia depresses breathing and impairs protective airway reflexes, invasive airway interventions such as breathing tube placement and mechanical ventilation are usually required.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Mark D Neuman, MD, MSc · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-02-29
Primary Completion
2021-06-30
Completion
2022-03-31

Countries

  • United States
  • Canada

Study Locations

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