Optimization of Catheter Insertion Site for Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Upper-extremity Surgery, Post-operative Pain

In brief

This research study is to determine if the insertion site of a perineural catheter or tiny tube placed next to the nerves that go to the part of the body (hand or arm) having surgery, affects the amount of pain relief that is experienced after surgery. Catheters will be placed in either the supraclavicular or infraclavicular location.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00876746

Run by

University of California, San Diego

People needed

60

Starts

2008-12-01

Expected to finish

2010-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-06-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18 years of age or older
• unilateral, upper (at or distal to the elbow) extremity orthopedic surgery with moderate-to-severe postoperative pain expected
• patients already agree to and want a continuous brachial plexus block for postoperative analgesia

You may not qualify if…

• patients who have difficulty understanding the study protocol or caring for the infusion pump/catheter system
• patients who have any known contraindication to study medications
• insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
• neuropathy of any etiology in the affected extremity
• contraindication to regional blockade (e.g. clotting deficiency)
• any known acute or chronic hepatic or renal insufficiency or failure
• any incision site outside of the catheter-effected area
• chronic opioid use
• history of opioid abuse
• obesity
• pregnancy
• incarceration
• inability to communicate with the investigators and hospital staff

Where it is running

• UCSD Medical Center — San Diego, California, United States

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