NCT02479828

Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block in Acute and Chronic Pain Management in Hip Fracture Patients

The Effect of Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block in Acute and Chronic Pain Management in Hip Fracture Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 198 (actual)
• Sponsor: Asklepieion Voulas General Hospital · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the effect of fascia iliaca compartment block (FICB) in the management of acute post -surgical pain in hip fracture patients and in the appearance of chronic post -surgical hip pain, by means of von Korff Graded Chronic Pain Scale -modified for hip pain in Greek. Half of the patients will not receive fascia iliaca compartment block.

Conditions

• Chronic Hip Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Fascia iliaca compartment block	40 ml ropivacaine 0,5% injected under fascia iliaca using ultrasound
DRUG	Ropivacaine
DEVICE	ultrasound
DRUG	Placebo

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-06-01
• Primary completion: 2018-01-01
• Completion: 2018-01-01
• First posted: 2015-06-24
• Last updated: 2019-03-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Greece