Clinical Proposal for the Comparison of Intraperitoneal Anesthetic to Injected Local Anesthetic

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Pain, Postoperative, Morbid Obesity

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if pre-incisional lidocaine injection, instilled liquid bupivacaine, intra-abdominal aerosolized bupivacaine, or post-operative bupivacaine injection is superior in post-operative pain control in laparoscopic bariatric surgical patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00508976

Run by

Pinnacle Health System

People needed

100

Starts

2007-06-01

Expected to finish

2008-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-05-10

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Male and female patients between 18 and 65 years of age.
• Patients undergoing elective bariatric surgery.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients allergic to bupivacaine or any other local anesthetics (amides \& esters).
• Patients who have used opiates or opiods within 15 days prior to surgery.
• Patients converted to open gastric bypass.

Where it is running

• Pinnacle Health; Community General Osteopathic Hospital — Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States

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