Ideal Initial Bolus and Infusion Rate for Erector Spinae Plane Block Catheters

Withdrawn before enrolling · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Pain, Postoperative, Pain, Chest

In brief

This study would like to identify the best starting dose and infusion rate for nerve blocks and nerve catheters related to the erector spinae plane block that can improve functional status and pain control on cardiac surgery patients and minimize the necessity for opioid pain control using a continuous reassessment model.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03961048

Run by

Virginia Commonwealth University

People needed

0

Starts

2019-07-23

Expected to finish

2020-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-01-27

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• patients undergoing planned thoracotomies and sternotomies for cardiothoracic surgery who will be taken to the cardiac surgery ICU postoperatively

You may not qualify if…

• BMI >40
• infection at the proposed catheter site
• ongoing sepsis/bacteremia
• patient unable to sit up for the procedure
• patients requiring significant vasopressor support (>1 vasopressor)
• patient refusal
• less than 18 years of age (they are managed in the pediatric ICU rather than the Cardiac Surgery ICU)

Where it is running

• Virginia Commonwealth University — Richmond, Virginia, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.