Efficacy of Popliteal Nerve Blocks With and Without Dexamethasone on the Duration of Analgesia for Foot & Ankle Surgery

Completed · Phase 4 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Foot and Ankle Procedures

In brief

The purpose of this research study to evaluate the effects of dexamethasone as an addition to peripheral nerve block (Put the nerve to sleep with Bupivacaine a numbing medication) on length of pain relief (analgesia), postoperative narcotic (opioids) requirements, pain scores, and patient satisfaction after foot and ankle procedures.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01975285

Run by

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

People needed

60

Starts

2013-08-01

Expected to finish

2014-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-05-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 60 patients (30 per group) undergoing foot and ankle procedures
• Willingness and ability to sign an informed consent document
• No allergies to anesthetic or analgesic medications
• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)physical status Class I - III
• Aged 18-90 years,either sex

You may not qualify if…

• Refusal to participate in the study
• Age<18 or> 90 years -
• Contraindications to regional blockage including but not limited to:
• Patient refusal to regional blockade
• Infection at the site of needle insertion
• Systemic infection
• Bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy

Where it is running

• Cedars Sinai Medical center — Los Angeles, California, United States

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