Status:

COMPLETED

Perineural Local Anesthetic Administration With a Continuous Infusion Versus Automatic Intermittent Boluses

Lead Sponsor:

University of California, San Diego

Conditions:

Pain, Acute

Anesthesia, Local

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This will be a randomized comparison of continuous local anesthetic infusion with patient controlled boluses (PCA) to automated boluses with PCA for continuous popliteal sciatic nerve blocks. The goal...

Detailed Description

Specific Aim: To determine the relationship between method of local anesthetic administration (continuous with PCA vs. intermittent dosing with PCA) for continuous peripheral nerve block and the resul...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • patients undergoing painful foot and/or ankle surgery with a planned popliteal sciatic perineural catheter for postoperative analgesia
  • age 18 years or older.

Exclusion

  • Current daily opioid use within the previous 4 weeks
  • Clinical neuro-muscular deficit of either the sciatic nerve and its branches and/or innervating muscles
  • Morbid obesity \[weight \> 35 kg/m2\]; surgery outside of ipsilateral sciatic and saphenous nerve distributions
  • Pregnancy \[as determined by a urine pregnancy test prior to any study interventions\]
  • Incarceration.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 15 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 16 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

71 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04458467

Start Date

July 15 2020

End Date

March 16 2021

Last Update

June 30 2022

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UCSD Medical Center (Hillcrest and Thornton)

San Diego, California, United States, 92103