TAP Block Timing Study

NCT07064200 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2026-01-27

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Summary

This study investigates whether administering TAP blocks pre-incision provides superior postoperative pain control and reduces opioid use along with other medications compared to post-incision administration in patients undergoing elective abdominal surgeries.

Conditions

  • Bariatric or General Abdominal Surgeries
  • Bariatric Surgery Patients

Interventions

OTHER

TAP Block

the TAP block is a regional anesthesia technique that targets the somatic nerves supplying the anterior abdominal wall.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Weill Medical College of Cornell University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cheguevara Afaneh, MD · Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-07-14
Primary Completion
2026-12-01
Completion
2027-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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