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Early Femoral Block in Elderly With Hip Fracture

NCT03092466 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 600

Last updated 2023-04-18

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Summary

Assess if the addition of an early femoral nerve block (performed within 2 hours from the admission in emergency department through a femoral nerve catheter) in the elderly patients (\> 70 years) with hip fracture, reduces the incidence of postoperative delirium assessed by CAM 3Ds test, compared to the traditional systemic pain therapy.

Conditions

  • Hip Fractures

Interventions

PROCEDURE

femoral nerve catheter

femoral block with Ropivacaine 0.75% (15 ml) in femoral catheter

DRUG

femoral group

femoral block with Ropivacaine 0.75% (15 ml) in femoral catheter

DRUG

control group

infusion of saline solution (15ml) in femoral catheter

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-02-26
Primary Completion
2023-12-23
Completion
2024-12-23

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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