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A Study to Determine the Effectiveness of Utilizing Intraperitoneal Bupivacaine

NCT03004222 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 137

Last updated 2018-01-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this research is to determine if spraying a local anesthetic to the cecum after a laparoscopic appendectomy decreases the amount of narcotics (pain medicine) needed after surgery and reduces the time to discharge from the hospital.

Conditions

  • Laparoscopic Appendectomy

Interventions

DRUG

Bupivacaine

20 ml of 0.5% Bupivacaine

DRUG

Placebos

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Metro Health, Michigan

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Karlin Sevensma, DO · Metro Health Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-07-31
Primary Completion
2017-11-30
Completion
2017-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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