STALL vs Sole Local Wound Infiltration in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

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Conditions studied: Cholelithiasis, Cholecystitis, Gallbladder Cancer

In brief

This trial is a prospective randomized superiority trial comparing sole ropivacaine based local trocar site infiltration to local infiltration combined with laparoscopic ropivacaine TAP block (STALL) in LCC. There are only a few randomized trials comparing sole local anesthesia to additional laparoscopic TAP block in laparoscopic cholecystectomy and they have yet failed to show evidence in favor of TAP block. We hypothesize STALL (Single Transversus Abdominis Laparoscopy-guided plane block combined with Local trocar site ropivacaine infiltration) is superior to local port site infiltration, provided that the sample size is sufficiently big. The aim of this randomized study is to compare the efficacy of sole local anesthesia of trocar sites to STALL in LCC.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06123117

Run by

Helsinki University Central Hospital

People needed

850

Starts

2024-01-16

Expected to finish

2027-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-09-11

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• All patients scheduled for elective or emergency LCC, aged over 18 and able to give an informed consent.

You may not qualify if…

• Age under 18 years, chronic daily opioid and/or pain tolerance / pain threshold -modifying medication use (abuse), pregnancy, known allergy to local anesthetics, diagnosed severe coagulopathy and incapability to give informed consent for whatever reason.

Where it is running

• Jorvi hospital / HUS — Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland (enrolling)

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