Anterior Cruciate Ligament Pain Study

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

In brief

The objective of this study is to compare the pain control benefit of two different types of nerve blocks in patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02604550

Run by

Emory University

People needed

115

Starts

2015-11-01

Expected to finish

2016-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-05-31

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients undergoing scheduled anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery at the Emory Orthopaedic and Spine Center
• Patients willing and able to provide written informed consent
• Parents willing and able to provide written informed consent for minors

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who are pregnant or lactating
• Patients with liver dysfunction or renal failure
• Patients with a known allergy to ropivacaine
• Patients with a local infection
• Patients who take chronic pain medications
• Patients with an opioid tolerance
• Patients with known coagulopathy or bleeding risk.
• Patients who are getting neuraxial anesthesia for surgery

Where it is running

• Emory Healthcare Orthopaedics and Spine Center — Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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