NCT04206046

The Effect of Regional Anaesthesia and Genetic Factors in the Development of Chronic Pain Following Total Knee Arthroplasty

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Sciberras, Stephen M.D. · Individual
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study aims to assess the effect of spinal anaesthesia against a general anaesthesia with a femoral block, with respect to the incidence of chronic pain following a total knee replacement. It will also focus on genetic factors and their influence on chronic pain.

Conditions

• Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
• Chronic Pain Post-Proceduraal

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Spinal anaesthesia	Patients will receive a spinal anaesthetic
PROCEDURE	General anaesthesia	patients will receive a general anaesthetic and a femoral nerve block

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-06-01
• Primary completion: 2022-06-01
• Completion: 2023-12-30
• First posted: 2019-12-20
• Last updated: 2022-10-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Malta