Trial Evaluating Postop Pain and Muscle Strength Among Regional Anesthesia Techniques for Ambulatory ACL Reconstruction

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Rupture of Anterior Cruciate Ligament, Tear of Anterior Cruciate Ligament

In brief

Despite the apparent multifaceted benefit in differentiating blockade sites and duration of nerve blockade, the efficacy of continuous adductor canal blockade utilized specifically in ACL reconstruction has not been extensively studied. This study will test the hypothesis that the use of the adductor canal continuous nerve catheter will result in lower subjective pain scores on postoperative day 2 and improved quadriceps strength on postoperative day 1.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02584452

Run by

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

People needed

59

Starts

2015-11-03

Expected to finish

2018-04-10

Last updated by the study team

2019-12-11

Who can join

Age: 14 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 14 and older
• Patients who are scheduled to undergo an ACL reconstruction with patella or allograft
• Patient does not have a contraindication to receiving regional anesthesia

You may not qualify if…

• Allergy to local anesthetics, dexamethasone, or adhesive tape
• Patients undergoing hamstring graft for ACL
• Preexisting infection at site of needle insertion
• Immunocompromised patients
• Preexisting sensory or motor deficit in operative extremity
• Patient on chronic opioid treatment.
• Patient having a revision of previous ACL reconstruction.
• Pregnancy and lactating women

Where it is running

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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