Influence of Superficial Parasternal Intercostal Plane Block on Internal Thoracic Artery Caliber to Facilitate Surgical Harvesting in CABG

Starting soon · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Pain Management, Parasternal Block, CABG Graft Integrity

In brief

Influence of Superficial Parasternal Intercostal Plane Block (SPIPB) on Internal Thoracic Artery (ITA) Caliber and Surgical Harvesting Efficiency in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07663435

Run by

Ain Shams University

People needed

50

Starts

2026-07-01

Expected to finish

2026-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-23

Who can join

Age: 22 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• • Age group: Adult patients from age of 22 to 65 years.
• Sex: Both sexes
• Patients undergoing CABG with IMA harvesting

You may not qualify if…

• • Patients with pre-existing active bloodstream infection or systemic infection
• Refuse consent
• IMA graft not suitable
• Morbidly obese (BMI > 40 )
• Hemodynamic instability
• Severe pulmonary disease
• Previous thoracic surgeries (makes it difficult to harvest IMA)
• Advanced malignancy or chronic disease with life expectancy less than six months
• Emergency surgery

Where it is running

• Faculty of Medicine ,Ain Shams University — Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

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