Effect of Ambulatory Continuous Femoral Nerve Blocks on Readiness-for-Discharge Following Total Knee Replacement

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Conditions studied: Total Knee Arthroplasty

In brief

To determine if following total knee replacement, putting local anesthetic-or numbing medication-for five days through a tiny tube next to the nerves that go to the knee will decrease the time that patients need to spend in the hospital.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00419276

Run by

University of California, San Diego

People needed

81

Starts

2007-04-01

Expected to finish

2010-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-09-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• undergoing primary, unilateral knee replacement
• age 18 - 75 years
• postoperative analgesic plan includes perineural local anesthetic infusion and
• the availability of a "caretaker" who will remain with the patient from home discharge until catheter removal.

You may not qualify if…

• morbid obesity as defined by a body mass index > 40 (BMI=weight in kg / [height in meters]2)
• renal insufficiency (preoperative creatinine > 1.5 mg/dL)
• chronic opioid use (use within the 2 weeks prior to surgery and duration of use > 4 weeks)
• history of opioid abuse and
• any comorbidity which results in moderate or severe functional limitation.

Where it is running

• Alta Bates Summit Medical Center — Berkeley, California, United States
• University of California San Diego — San Diego, California, United States
• University of Florida — Gainesville, Florida, United States
• Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the Holland Orthopedic and Arthritic Centre — Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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