Evaluation of Local Anesthetic at Incision Site

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Post Operative Pain, Appendicitis

In brief

Patient will have usual appendectomy surgery with an injection of local or saline at incision site either before or after the incision at random. The clinical hypothesis of this trial is that pediatric patients who undergo a local anesthetic pre-incisional and/or post-incisional will reduce the amount of postoperative pain and therefore reduce the amount of analgesics required to keep the patient satisfied. Primary: To determine if local anesthetic reduces postoperative pain. Secondary: To assess the timing of local anesthetic injection affects postoperative pain.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02483689

Run by

Valley Anesthesiology Consultants

People needed

100

Starts

2015-08-01

Expected to finish

2020-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-05-02

Who can join

Age: 9 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients undergoing Appendectomy for acute non-perforated appendicitis Must be between 9-17 years old

You may not qualify if…

• n/a

Where it is running

• Phoenix Children's Hospital — Phoenix, Arizona, United States (enrolling)

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