NCT05868993

Optimal Effective Local Anesthetic Volume for Pain Relief Using Brachial Plexus Block

Optimal Effective Local Anesthetic Volume for Pain Relief Using Brachial Plexus Block Utilizing Continuous Reassessment Method for Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Shoulder Surgery

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 150 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Benaroya Research Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Prospective, patient-blinded study utilizing a novel Continuous Reassessment Method that concomitantly considers both block success and block side effects (lung dysfunction) for brachial plexus nerve blocks.

Detailed description

Success or failure of the brachial plexus block for any given volume will be determined by the verbal analogue pain scale score obtained 60 minutes after surgical end time. Volumes will be determined by continuous reassessment method.

Conditions

• Post Operative Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Dose of 0.5% Ropivacaine	Dose varied by 5mL of 0.5% Ropivacaine

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-02-17
• Primary completion: 2025-02-01
• Completion: 2025-12-01
• First posted: 2023-05-22
• Last updated: 2023-05-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated drug study