NCT05532618

Efficacy of Adductor Canal Block for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery

Efficacy of Adductor Canal Block for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery: A Prospective Double Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 34 (actual)
• Sponsor: St. Antonius Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this study is to objectify the postoperative pain level, the use of opiates and postoperative nausea and vomiting after adding the adductor canal block to the standard pain regiment after anterior cruciate ligament surgery

Detailed description

Patients scheduled for anterior cruciate ligament surgery will be randomized in an intervention and control group following informed consent. Before surgery, patients will receive an adductor canal bock with Levobupivacaine (intervention group) or 0.9% saline (control group). Following surgery, pain intensity, analgesic consumption and pain satisfaction will be recorded bij patients in a diary for 48 hours.

Conditions

• Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Adductor canal block	Before anterior cruciate ligament surgery an adductor canal block will be placed using ultrasound.
DRUG	Levobupivacaine	Levobupivacaine
DRUG	Placebo	10 ml of sodium chloride 0.9%

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-08-01
• Primary completion: 2023-08-01
• Completion: 2023-08-01
• First posted: 2022-09-08
• Last updated: 2023-09-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Netherlands