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The Analgesic Efficacy of the Pectoral Block After Mastectomy

NCT02916381 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2019-06-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Unilateral mastectomy is associated with moderate to severe postoperative pain. A new regional anaesthetic technique has been recently described, call the PEC block. This technique consists of injecting local anaesthetic between different muscles of the chest in order to relieve postoperative pain. The investigators aim to verify that this technique has a clinical relevant postoperative analgesic effect. For that purpose, the investigators will randomise 50 patients scheduled to undergo unilateral mastectomy into two groups: one group will receive a PEC block after the induction of the general anaesthesia under ultrasound guidance, while the other group will not have this regional procedure.

Conditions

  • Analgesia

Interventions

PROCEDURE

PEC block + General anaesthesia

Patients will receive an ultrasound-guided PEC block after the induction of general anaesthesia.

PROCEDURE

General anaesthesia

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eric Albrecht · CHUV

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-01-31
Primary Completion
2018-10-31
Completion
2019-04-30

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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