Study to Evaluate ACB Versus FNB Early Postoperative Period Functional Outcomes After TKA

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee, Nerve Block

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if patients undergoing a Total Knee Arthroplasty who receive a single shot Adductor Canal nerve block and local infiltration will have improved functional outcomes compared to individuals who receive a femoral nerve block and local infiltration during the first 24 hours post surgery.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT02218814
Run by: George Macrinici
People needed: 106
Starts: 2014-08-01
Expected to finish: 2016-01-01
Last updated by the study team: 2016-02-02

Who can join

Age: 40 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Subject is 40-80 years of age and skeletally mature
Subject BMI is < 40
Subject has been selected by the surgeon for TKA.
Subject is taking less than 30 mg of Morphine per day.
Subject is willing and able to sign a written consent form
The subject has the mental capacity and the willingness to comply with the specified follow-up evaluations, and can be contacted by telephone by the site personnel.
The subject is not pregnant, does not intend to become pregnant and has a significant other mirroring her intentions.

You may not qualify if…

Subject is not neurologically intact (sensory, motor, and reflex deficit)
Subject has pain in the limb scheduled for surgery that is out of proportion of expected pain usual for this pathology
Subject scheduled for simultaneous bilateral knee replacement
Subject has a history of any invasive malignancy (except non-melanoma skin cancer), unless treated with curative intent and with no clinical signs or symptoms of the malignancy for 5 years
Subject with prior reconstructive knee surgery on the operated limb
Subject with primary bone tumor in the knee area
Subject anticipates having a lower extremity surgery other than the investigational surgery during the course of the study
Subject has a history of substance abuse
Subject is currently involved in another study or have received investigational product or treatment within the last 30 days
Subject is pregnant or planning on becoming pregnant during the study period
Subject is accepting workers' compensation

Where it is running

Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center — Joliet, Illinois, United States

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