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Evaluating the Efficacy of the Psoas Sheath Block for Post Operative Analgesia Following Hip Arthroplasty
Led by University College Hospital Galway · Updated on 2026-03-06
130
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
104 weeks
Total Duration
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What this Trial Is About
This study will be a single-centre, assessor-blind, randomised controlled trial to compare the efficacy of the psoas sheath block (experimental group) with the suprainguinal fascia iliaca plane block (control group) in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups (psoas sheath block or Fascia Iliaca block) using a computer-generated random number sequence. The allocation will be concealed in opaque, sealed envelopes. The assessor will be blinded to the group allocation to ensure unbiased outcome assessment
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Evaluating the Efficacy of the Psoas Sheath Block for Post Operative Analgesia Following Hip Arthroplasty
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Participants aged >18
- Scheduled for elective unilateral total hip replacement surgery
- Agree to receive regional anesthetic blocks for post-operative pain management
- ASA physical status classification I to III
- Able and willing to provide informed consent
- Willing to comply with post-surgery assessments
You will not qualify if you...
- Allergy to study medications
- History of chronic opioid use exceeding 50 mg oral morphine equivalents per day
- Neurological conditions affecting lower extremities that interfere with pain assessment or recovery
- Infection at the injection site
- Coagulopathy (INR >1.5) or use of anticoagulants that cannot be safely stopped
- Severe respiratory or cardiovascular disease increasing perioperative risk
- Cognitive impairment or conditions preventing reliable pain reporting or assessment compliance
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Merlin Park Hospital, Galway
Galway, Ireland
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
A
Anna L Horgan, MC BCh BAO FCAI
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
2
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