NCT03496610

Surgeon Infiltration QL Block Comparison

Intraoperative Surgical Wound Infiltration vs Quadratus Lumborum (QL) Block for Post-operative Pain Control After Nephrectomy in Living Donor Kidney Transplant Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 44 (actual)
• Sponsor: Duke University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to learn if using a Quadratus Lumborum (QL) plane injection technique (also called a "nerve block") that numbs the nerves going to the abdominal area improve pain control after surgery compared to administration of local anesthetic directly to the surgical incision. The QL block technique uses a numbing solution (local anesthetics) that is injected next to nerves located along muscles in the back to reduce pain. This block will not affect movement in the leg and/or make the legs weak. Some institutions, including Duke, use the QL block for patients having various abdominal surgeries, with the hope of providing good pain relief combined with improved mobility after surgery.

Conditions

• Quadratus Lumborum Block
• Surgical Wound Infiltration

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Liposomal Bupivicaine	Patient will receive liposomal bupivicaine mixed with non-liposomal bupivicaine directly to wound
PROCEDURE	QL Block	Patient will receive ultrasound guided QL Block

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-01-25
• Primary completion: 2023-02-23
• Completion: 2023-02-23
• First posted: 2018-04-12
• Last updated: 2024-03-05
• Results posted: 2024-03-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated drug study