Continuous Adductor Canal Block (CACB) vs. Combined Spinal Epidural (CSE) in Total Knee Arthroplasty

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Conditions studied: Arthroplasty

In brief

Purpose: Compare continuous adductor canal block (CACB) to Combined Spinal Epidural (CSE) for total knee arthroplasty in terms of mobility, post-operative pain, and analgesic use. Hypothesis: CACB will provide better mobility than CSE post operatively.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02415465

Run by

Rush University Medical Center

People needed

157

Starts

2015-01-01

Expected to finish

2016-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-04-15

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Any patient scheduled for a primary unilateral TKA.

You may not qualify if…

• Partial knee replacement,
• chronic opioid use,
• history of alcohol or drug abuse,
• preexisting neuropathy in operative limb,
• allergy to local anesthetics,
• ASA Class >3,
• patients who decline to participate,
• BMI >40,
• sleep apnea.

Where it is running

• Rush University Medical Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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