NCT03060070

Ketamine Versus Dexmedetomidine With Local Anesthetic in TAP Block

Comparison of the Analgesic Effect of Ketamine Versus Dexmedetomidine Added to Local Anesthetic in TAP Block for Lower Abdominal Cancer Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2 / Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: Assiut University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Comparing the analgesic effects of ketamine and dexmedetomidine when added to local anesthetic in TAP block for postoperative analgesia after lower abdominal cancer surgery.

Conditions

• Postoperative Analgesia
• Lower Abdominal Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Ketamine	Ketamine at a dose of 0.5mg/kg will be added to bupivacaine 0.25 (total volume 20ml) in each side using sonar guided TAP block
DRUG	dexmedetomidine	dexmedetomidine at a dose of 1ug/kg will be added to bupivacaine 0.25 (total volume 20ml) in each side using sonar guided TAP block
DRUG	control group	20ml of 0.25% bupivacaine will be injected in each side of the TAP block

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-03-10
• Primary completion: 2017-06-25
• Completion: 2017-07-01
• First posted: 2017-02-23
• Last updated: 2017-07-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt