Standard Bupivacaine vs Liposomal Bupivacaine in Colorectal Patients

Stopped early · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Opioid Use, Pain, Postoperative, Colectomy, Colorectal Surgery

In brief

The transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block can be used to reduce pain in patients who get abdominal surgery. TAP blocks are given with a local anesthetic. The purpose of this study is to compare pain medication usage after surgery between two different types of local anesthetic: liposomal bupivacaine and standard bupivacaine.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT03638635
Run by: Inova Health Care Services
People needed: 63
Starts: 2018-05-14
Expected to finish: 2019-01-16
Last updated by the study team: 2019-09-09

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

18 years of age or older
Undergoing elective colectomy by surgeons of Fairfax Colon and Rectal Surgery

You may not qualify if…

Allergic to local anesthetics
Unable to provide consent
Pregnant
On opioids at home chronically (Patients previously on a regular opioid regimen would need to be opioid-free for a period of 1 year for inclusion in the study)
Undergoing emergent operations
Undergoing loop ileostomy reversal
Undergoing abdominoperineal resection, pelvic exenteration, or perineal rectal prolapse repairs

Where it is running

Fairfax Colon & Rectal Surgery, Alexandria Office — Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Fairfax Colon & Rectal Surgery, Fairfax-Prosperity Office — Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Fairfax Colon & Rectal Surgery, Fair Oaks Office — Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Inova Fairfax Medical Campus — Falls Church, Virginia, United States
Fairfax Colon & Rectal Surgery, Loudoun Office — Lansdowne Town Center, Virginia, United States
Fairfax Colon & Rectal Surgery, Reston Office — Reston, Virginia, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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