Status:

COMPLETED

Does an Abdominal Wall Nerve Block During Surgery Help Reduce Pain From Kidney Transplantation?

Lead Sponsor:

The Cleveland Clinic

Conditions:

Kidney Transplantation

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This is a randomized, placebo controlled, double blind study to determine the effectiveness of a Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) block for reducing postoperative pain and opioid use in kidney transp...

Detailed Description

The management of post-operative analgesia in kidney transplant recipients is complex secondary to labile fluid shifts and limitations in the use of NSAIDs secondary to their potential nephrotoxicity....

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • \- Recipients of a single, living or deceased renal transplantation

Exclusion

  • Previous renal transplantation on the same side of the body
  • Requiring a native or graft nephrectomy or other additional procedures
  • Urine diversion or augmentation
  • Bowel diversion
  • Recipients of an enbloc pediatric kidney
  • Recipients of a dual kidney transplantation

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 8 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 8 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

224 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05280197

Start Date

January 8 2022

End Date

November 8 2023

Last Update

June 18 2025

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Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195