Transversus Abdominus Plane Block

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Nephrectomy

In brief

Transversus Abdominus Plane (TAP) block may reduce need for postoperative pain medications in patients undergoing laparoscopic hand assisted nephrectomy. Our hypothesis is that the TAP block will result in a significant reduction in pain scores and morphine requirements in the active group.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01054469

Run by

Mayo Clinic

People needed

21

Starts

2010-03-01

Expected to finish

2012-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-06-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients who are ≥ 18 and ≤ 80 years of age.
• Patients scheduled to undergo hand assisted laparoscopic removal of a single kidney for either tumor or living donor transplantation.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients scheduled to undergo an open procedure for nephrectomy
• Patients who are converted from hand assisted laparoscopic surgery to open surgery due to intraoperative complications.
• Bilateral nephrectomy
• Pregnant or lactating patients
• Patients unable or unwilling to provide informed consent
• Patients unable to comprehend the use of a visual analog scale
• Patients desiring preemptive antiemetics
• Opioid tolerance
• Allergy to amide local anesthetics or any of the study drugs (morphine).
• Contraindication to regional nerve block (bleeding disorder, infection at site of block)
• Patients with history of dementia

Where it is running

• Mayo Clinic — Jacksonville, Florida, United States

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