Continuous Interscalene Block Results in Superior Recovery Throughout the First Postoperative Week
Completed · Early Phase 1
Conditions studied: Postoperative Pain, Adverse Effects
In brief
The investigators undertook this prospective, randomized trial to compare the recovery profile throughout the first postoperative week in patients receiving continuous (CISB) interscalene brachial plexus block, single injection (SISB), or general anesthesia (GA) for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair surgery. Specifically, the effects of the three anesthetic techniques when used intraoperatively as a sole anesthesia modality were studied on postoperative pain, time-to-first pain, analgesic consumption, fast-tracked PACU bypass rate, length of PACU stay, time-to-discharge home, sleep duration, and related adverse effects. The investigators hypothesized that CISB results in a superior postoperative recovery profile as compared to SISB or GA alone.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01881776
- Run by
- St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
- People needed
- 71
- Starts
- 2011-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2012-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2014-06-04
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-III patients
- ≥ 18 years of age BMI ≤ 35 kg/m2 Scheduled for elective arthroscopic shoulder surgery
You may not qualify if…
- Patients who were undertaken open shoulder procedures Patients with difficulty understanding the instructions for using the anesthetic infusion pump and/or pain scales Patients with contraindications to regional anesthesia (e.g., allergy to a local anesthetic (LA), local infection, coagulopathy) Patients with 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 Center — New York, New York, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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