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Buprenorphine, Clonidine, and Dexamethasone on Duration of Brachial Plexus Blocks for Upper Extremity Surgery
Led by Loyola University · Updated on 2025-03-07
120
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
174 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if there is a difference in morphine requirements in patients after upper extremity surgeries including shoulder arthroscopy. The main question it aims to answer is whether there is a difference between Interscalene brachial plexus blocks with the addition of buprenorphine, dexamethasone, and clonidine and the same block without the adjuvant.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Buprenorphine, Clonidine, and Dexamethasone on Duration of Brachial Plexus Blocks for Upper Extremity Surgery
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients 18 years old or older
- Patients undergoing shoulder arthroscopy
- Patients willing to participate and sign informed consent
You will not qualify if you...
- Severe COPD or other contraindication to general anesthesia
- Weight less than 60 kg
- Dementia or not alert and oriented to person, place, or time
- Chronic pain patients using daily opioids at home
- Allergy to local anesthetics
- Patient refusal to participate
- Total shoulder arthroplasty procedure
- Pain in an area different from the surgical site
- Pregnancy
- Active infection at the injection sites for the nerve blocks
- Patients unable or unwilling to understand or follow the study protocol
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Loyola University Chicago
Maywood, Illinois, United States, 60153
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Research Team
S
Susan Fargo
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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