Status:
COMPLETED
Effect of Ambulatory Continuous Femoral Nerve Blocks on Readiness-for-Discharge Following Total Knee Replacement
Lead Sponsor:
University of California, San Diego
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of Florida
Stryker Instruments
Conditions:
Total Knee Arthroplasty
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
To determine if following total knee replacement, putting local anesthetic-or numbing medication-for five days through a tiny tube next to the nerves that go to the knee will decrease the time that pa...
Detailed Description
1. Procedures that will be done as part of your normal clinical care (even if you do not participate in this research): You will have some monitors placed (such as a blood-pressure cuff) and be gi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- undergoing primary, unilateral knee replacement
- age 18 - 75 years
- postoperative analgesic plan includes perineural local anesthetic infusion and
- the availability of a "caretaker" who will remain with the patient from home discharge until catheter removal.
Exclusion
- morbid obesity as defined by a body mass index \> 40 (BMI=weight in kg / \[height in meters\]2)
- renal insufficiency (preoperative creatinine \> 1.5 mg/dL)
- chronic opioid use (use within the 2 weeks prior to surgery and duration of use \> 4 weeks)
- history of opioid abuse and
- any comorbidity which results in moderate or severe functional limitation.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
81 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00419276
Start Date
April 1 2007
End Date
August 1 2010
Last Update
September 28 2016
Active Locations (4)
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1
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
Berkeley, California, United States, 94705
2
University of California San Diego
San Diego, California, United States, 92103
3
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32610
4
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the Holland Orthopedic and Arthritic Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N3M5