Duration of Leg Nerve Blocks With Dexamethasone Added to Local Anesthetic

Withdrawn before enrolling · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Pain, Total Knee Arthroplasty

In brief

This is a Randomized Double blinded controlled trial on the effect of adding dexamethasone to Ropivacaine on the duration of pain relief for ultrasound guided femoral, obturator and popliteal block after total knee replacement surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01511211

Run by

University of New Mexico

People needed

0

Starts

2012-09-01

Expected to finish

2013-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-09-12

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I to III,
• Aged 18 and above,
• Undergoing total knee replacement.

You may not qualify if…

• Body mass index of more than 45 kg/m2 (higher chance of failure)
• Weight less than 70 kg
• Diabetes
• Injection site deformities
• Infection at the injection site
• Existing peripheral neuropathy
• Allergy to LA agents
• Contraindications to dexamethasone
• Patients with severe PONV
• Patients with peptic ulceration or upper GI bleed of unknown origin
• Coagulopathy
• Any other contraindication to lower limb peripheral nerve block

Where it is running

• University of New Mexico Hospital — Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

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