Clinical trials: Peripheral Nerve Blocks
Injury of Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Opioid Use in Single Shot Nerve Block vs Continuous Peripheral Nerve Infusion in Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Repair
Anterior cruciate ligament repair using hamstring autograft in children is a painful orthopedic procedure. The current practice to provide analgesia for this procedure include femoral continuous perineural infusion and femoral…
- Trial name
- NCT02075411
- Testing
- bupivacaine, continuous perineural infusion catheter
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Pediatric Extremity Fracture, Pediatric Extremity Soft Tissue Injury
Peripheral Nerve Blocks in Pediatric Orthopedic Patients
Context: Single shot peripheral nerve blocks have limited duration of action depending on the local anesthetic agent used in the block. But it rarely lasts longer than 12 hrs.
- Trial name
- NCT02236130
- Testing
- Regional block, General Anesthesia, Local Anesthetic Ropivacaine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
Postoperative Pain
Effect of a Sciatic Block (SNB) Combined With a Continuous Femoral Block (CFNB) on Pain Scores After Knee Arthroplasty
The purpose of this study is to determine if the addition of a sciatic nerve block (SNB) to a continuous femoral nerve block (CFNB) improves post-operative analgesia after knee arthroplasty.
- Trial name
- NCT01337115
- Testing
- SNB plus CFNB, CFNB
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Centro Hospitalar do Porto
Knee Injury
Decadron as Adjuvant in Femoral Nerve Blocks in Knee Arthroscopy
If preservative-free dexamethasone 0.1 mg/kg (max dose 4 mg) is added to ropivacaine 0.5% 2 mg/kg (max dose 100 mg), then post-PACU opioid consumption will be reduced by 33%.
- Trial name
- NCT01971645
- Testing
- Dexamethasone, Ropivacaine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people
- Sponsor
- Nationwide Children's Hospital
Medication Overuse Headache, Chronic Migraine, Headache
Peripheral Nerve Block and Topiramate in the Treatment of Medication Overuse Headaches
Purpose: In this study, the investigators compared the effectiveness of peripheral nerve block (greater occipital nerve block with supratrochlear nerve block) versus topiramate as detoxification therapies in chronic migraine…
- Trial name
- NCT03767062
- Testing
- Topamax, Greater Occipital Nerve Block + Supratrochlear Nerve Block
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Ataturk University
Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear
Sciatic Technique Comparison of Nerve Blockade for Pain Control Following Hamstring Autograft Harvest in Adolescents
The purpose of this research is to compare the effect of single-injection sciatic PNB to continuous sciatic PNB on 1) postoperative pain control as measured by self-reported pain scores, pain medication use, and unplanned…
- Trial name
- NCT02947633
- Testing
- Single-injection sciatic PNB, Continuous sciatic PNB
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 141 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati