Post-Operative Quality of Life Evaluation for Different Anesthesia Techniques for Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery

Completed · Early Phase 1

Conditions studied: Rotator Cuff Injury

In brief

Randomized controlled trial on efficacy of single injection or continuous interscalene brachial plexus block on analgesia in patients having outpatient rotator cuff surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01355757

Run by

St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

People needed

70

Starts

2011-06-01

Expected to finish

2013-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-05-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients who agree to participate in the study will be asked to sign the informed consent and the HIPAA form.
• Inclusive criteria are:
• 18-75 years of age
• ASA physical status I-III
• BMI < 35 kg/m2

You may not qualify if…

• all open shoulder procedures
• patient having difficulty understanding the instruction on using the anesthetic infusion pump
• contraindications to administration of regional anesthesia (e.g., allergy to a local anesthetic, local infection and coagulopathy)
• significant neurologic disorders of the upper extremity
• psychiatric or cognitive disorders
• history of substance abuse or chronic opioid use

Where it is running

• St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital — New York, New York, United States

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