A Trial of Levator Muscle Blocks Following Posterior Colporrhaphy Surgery to Reduce Post-operative Pain.

NCT03067168 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 128

Last updated 2019-01-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To determine if levator muscle block with bupivacaine improves postoperative pain control relative to placebo controls among women undergoing prolapse surgery involving a posterior colporrhaphy. Improvement is defined as no less than a 25% lower total pain score on a ten point numerical pain scale.

Conditions

  • Post Operative Pain

Interventions

DRUG

Bupivacaine

5 mL of 0.5% bupivacaine will be injected into 2 locations bilaterally.

DRUG

normal saline 0.9%

5 mL of 0.9% normal saline will be injected into 2 locations bilaterally.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Kansas Medical Center

    collaborator OTHER
  • The Christ Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Carson T Kaeser, MD · The Christ Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-05-15
Primary Completion
2019-06-01
Completion
2019-08-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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