Can Post-operative TAP Block Improve Quality of Recovery After C-sections in Patients on Methadone Maintenance?

Withdrawn before enrolling · Phase 4 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Uncontrolled Postoperative Pain

In brief

This is a prospective randomized double-blind placebo controlled study (0.375% Ropivacaine vs. 0.9% saline) designed to evaluate the effectiveness of transverse abdominis plane (TAP) block in the first 48 hours after c-section in patients receiving methadone therapy. The TAP block will be performed by a regional anesthesiologist in the operating room after delivery of the baby.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01644864

Run by

Thomas Jefferson University

People needed

0

Starts

2012-07-01

Expected to finish

2013-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-05-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 40. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Laboring patients will only be enrolled in the study if they have a c-section performed. Inclusion criteria include patients who are 18-40 yr of age, ASA physical status I-III, 50-100 kg, 150 cm tall or greater, and English-speaking

You may not qualify if…

• Patient refusal, methadone use for chronic pain, contraindications to administration of regional anesthesia (e.g., allergy to a local anesthetic, local infection and coagulopathy), significant neurologic disorders of the lower extremity, and psychiatric or cognitive disorders.

Where it is running

• Thomas Jefferson University — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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