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Dexmedetomidine in TAP Block for Inguinal Hernia Repair

NCT04403711 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2025-07-22

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Summary

This prospective double-blind randomized study will aim at evaluating the short- and long-term postoperative analgesic efficacy of the ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block with a combination of local anesthetic and dexmedetomidine in inguinal hernia repair under general anesthesia

Conditions

  • Inguinal Hernia
  • Analgesia
  • Pain, Acute
  • Pain, Chronic
  • Pain, Neuropathic

Interventions

OTHER

local anesthetic and dexmedetomidine

in patients allocated to the dexmedetomidine group, ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block will be performed with the combination of local anesthetic and dexmedetomidine

OTHER

local anesthetic and placebo

in patients allocated to the dexmedetomidine group, ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block will be performed with the combination of local anesthetic and normal saline

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Aretaieion University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kassiani Theodoraki, PhD, DESA · Aretaieion University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-04-01
Primary Completion
2023-12-31
Completion
2023-12-31

Countries

  • Greece

Study Locations

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