Interscalene Nerve Blocks With Ropivacaine Alone, With Dexamethasone, Plus Systemic Dexamethasone

Stopped early · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Pain

In brief

This study will test the hypothesis that ropivacaine in combination with either systemic or local steroid provides comparably longer-lasting analgesia tha ropivacaine alone.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00519584

Run by

The Cleveland Clinic

People needed

218

Starts

2007-07-01

Expected to finish

2009-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-07-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients undergoing open shoulder procedures such as rotator cuff repair, capsular shift, subacromial decompression
• Age between 18 and 70 years

You may not qualify if…

• Contradictions for interscalene block
• Coagulopathy
• Infection at the needle insertion site
• Moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Contralateral pneumothorax of diaphragmatic paralysis
• Pregnancy
• Preexisting neuropathy involving the surgical limb
• Systemic glucocorticoid treatment within the last six months of surgery
• Routine opioid use

Where it is running

• Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• Cleveland Clinic /Euclid Hospital — Euclid, Ohio, United States

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