Erector Spinae Plane Block for Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Mitral Regurgitation, Mitral Valve Insufficiency, Mitral Valve Prolapse

In brief

The goal of this project is to study whether local anesthetic via the erector spinae plane (ESP) block may be beneficial in minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIMVS).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04770961

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

50

Starts

2021-04-01

Expected to finish

2022-08-30

Last updated by the study team

2021-03-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Elective mitral valve repair or replacement
• Planned minimally invasive approach

You may not qualify if…

• Non-English speaking
• Emergency surgery
• Planned or unplanned sternotomy
• Previous history of sternotomy and cardiac surgery
• Allergy to ropivacaine
• Patients taking more than 60 OMEs per day
• Patients with coagulopathy or taking anticoagulant with laboratory findings contraindicated for ESP catheter

Where it is running

• University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States

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