Adductor Canal Block: Efficacy in Postoperative Pain Management for Cardiac Surgery

Starting soon · Phase 2/Phase 3

Conditions studied: Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) Surgery, Saphenectomy

In brief

Adductor Canal Block: Efficacy in Postoperative Pain Management for Cardiac Surgery

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07732465

Run by

Montreal Heart Institute

People needed

120

Starts

2026-08-01

Expected to finish

2027-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 110. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Planned CABG with unilateral or bilateral great saphenous vein (GSV) harvesting, without concomitant valve surgery
• Age ≥ 18 years
• Ability to understand the protocol and provide written informed consent
• ASA physical status I-IV

You may not qualify if…

• Refusal to participate in the study or inability to provide written informed consent
• Contraindication to adductor canal block (e.g., local infection, allergy to local anesthetics)
• Pre-existing chronic pain associated with chronic use of analgesic medications other than acetaminophen
• Pre-existing peripheral neuropathy affecting the leg
• Participation in two other interventional studies at the Montreal Heart Institute
• Endoscopic vein harvesting performed by the surgical team instead of open saphenectomy technique

Where it is running

• Montreal Heart Institute — Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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