Arthroplasty, Replacement, KneePhase 4NCT02682498
Comparing Post-Op Narcotic Usage in Patients Receiving Periarticular Exparel vs. Standard Periarticular Joint Inj
A Phase 4 study testing (Bupivacaine Liposome Injectable Suspension) and Standard Preparation in people with Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee, run by University of California, Irvine at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
This study seeks to determine whether a new sustained-release local anesthetic solution (Exparel - Liposomal Bupivacaine) injected into the soft tissues around the joint after surgery will decrease opioid consumption and adverse events in opioid-tolerant patients presenting for total knee arthroplasty. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
- What is being tested?
- (Bupivacaine Liposome Injectable Suspension) and Standard Preparation
- Type of treatment
- Injection or infusion
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 38 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Oct 2013to Aug 2015
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Are there results?
- Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Males and Females age 18+ years old having total knee arthroplasty at UCI
- Meet at least one of the following criteria "opioid tolerant":
- Taking 50mg oral morphine equivalent or more per day
- On long-acting opioids (fentanyl pathc, oxycontin, methadone, etc.)
- Being followed by a chronic pain physician
- All subjects must be free of renal or hepatic dysfunction; defined as:
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- Glomerular filtration rate >60 mL/min/1.73m^2
- AST \& ALT <150, total bilirubin <1.0, INR <1.3 (if not taking anticoagulants)
- No active hepatitis, no jaundice
- Control group- received standard periarticular injection Research group- receives Exparel injection
Who cannot join
- Allergy to local Anesthetic
- Pregnancy
- Nursing mothers
- Children<18 years of age
- Renal impairment (GFR<60 mL/min/1.73 m^2
- Hepatic impairment (active hepatitis, elevated AST or ALT, jaundice)
- Any history of ventricular arrhythmia or supraventricular tachycardia, or myocardial infarction within the last six months.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: A Double Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Postoperative Narcotic Usage in Patients Receiving Periarticular Liposomal Bupivicaine vs. Those Patients Receiving Standard Periarticular Joint Injections
This study seeks to determine whether a new sustained-release local anesthetic solution (Exparel - Liposomal Bupivacaine) injected into the soft tissues around the joint after surgery will decrease opioid consumption and adverse events in opioid-tolerant patients presenting for total knee arthroplasty. The research hypothesis is that the Exparel (study) group will use less opioid in the first 48 hours post-operatively than the control group.
Read the detailed description
Opioids have been prescribed with increasing frequency for non-acute, non-cancer pain in the last 15 years. Because of this, opioid tolerance in the general population has grown markedly, and opioid tolerant patients can be especially difficult to manage in the perioperative period. In general, they require much higher doses of opioids to obtain similar levels of pain-control compared to opioid-naïve patients and are susceptible to respiratory depression and other adverse events. This study seeks to determine whether a new sustained-release local anesthetic solution (Exparel - Liposomal Bupivacaine) injected into the soft tissues around the joint after surgery will decrease opioid consumption and adverse events in opioid-tolerant patients presenting for total knee arthroplasty.
- Conditions
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
- Being tested
- (Bupivacaine Liposome Injectable Suspension), Standard Preparation
- Keywords
- Knee Arthroplasty, Total, Liposomal Bupivicaine
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
(Bupivacaine Liposome Injectable Suspension)Drug
Also called EXPAREL®
Instead of injecting the standard joint injection for a case of total knee arthroplasty, Exparel-lipsomal bupivacaine will be administered at the end of the surgery.
Standard PreparationDrug
Also called Standard Periarticular Joint Injection
A standard joint injection of 100ml (Clonidine 80 mcg, Epinephrine 0.5mg, Ketorolac 30mg, Ropivacaine 246.25mg, and Sodium Chloride 0.9% 48.45 ml) will be injected into the soft tissues around the joint after surgery.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| EXPAREL® Bupivacaine Liposome Suspension | Active comparator | Instead of injecting the standard joint injection for a case of total knee arthroplasty, Exparel-Liposomal Bupivicaine will be administered at the end of the surgery. A new sustained-release local anesthetic solution (Bupivacaine Liposome Injectable Suspension) will be injected into the soft tissues around the join after surgery. Exparel is a novel-composition of bupivacine in which the drug is dissolved into liposomes which release it slowly over a period of 72 hours. Receives: Drug: (Bupivacaine Liposome Injectable Suspension) |
| Standard periarticular joint injection | Active comparator | A standard joint injection of 100ml (Clonidine 80 mcg, Epinephrine 0.5mg, Ketorolac 30mg, Ropivacaine 246.25mg, and Sodium Chloride 0.9% 48.45 ml) will be injected into the soft tissues around the joint after surgery. Receives: Drug: Standard Preparation |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
48 Hour Post-surgical Opioid Use
A comparison of group means between the control group and study group with regards to 48 hour opioid use.
Measured: 48 hours
Secondary outcomes (4)
Recovery Room Opioid Use
Post anesthesia care unit (recovery room) opioid use in total mg morphine IV equivalent in comparison of standard knee injection post-operatively.
Measured: Up to 48 hours
Average Daily Opioid Use During Admission
Opioid use will be monitored daily from the time of admission in comparison of standard knee injection post-operatively.
Measured: Up to 48 hours
Average Daily Patient Pain Score
Examining the average daily patient pain score in comparison of standard knee injection post-operatively. The measure is the Visual-Analog-Scale (VAS) for subjective pain reporting. The minimum 0 (no pain) and the maximum is 10 (worst pain imagineable). There is only one measure in the scale (i.e. there are no subscales). Lower scores on the VAS scale equate to less pain and are therefore desirable.
Measured: Up to 48 hours
Post-operative Complications
Examining the post-operative complication in comparison of standard knee injection post-operatively.
Measured: Up to 1 month
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted15 Feb 2016 (estimated)
- Study startOct 2013
- Primary completionJul 2015
- Study completionAug 2015
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, outcome measures and adverse events reported by the sponsor.
- Publications (14)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Arthroplasty, Replacement, KneeStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of California, IrvineThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Double blind
- Who is masked
- Care provider, Investigator
- Enrolment
- 38 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Joseph Brian Rinehart, University of California, Irvine
- Investigators
- Joseph Rinehart, M.D., Principal investigator, University of California, Irvine
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02682498
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- UCIANES08
- Status last verified
- Jul 2017
- First submitted
- 3 Feb 2016
- Last updated
- 7 Jul 2017
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Huxtable CA, Roberts LJ, Somogyi AA, MacIntyre PE. Acute pain management in opioid-tolerant patients: a growing challenge. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2011 Sep;39(5):804-23. doi: 10.1177/0310057X1103900505.
PubMed 21970125Zywiel MG, Stroh DA, Lee SY, Bonutti PM, Mont MA. Chronic opioid use prior to total knee arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2011 Nov 2;93(21):1988-93. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.J.01473.
PubMed 22048093Patanwala AE, Jarzyna DL, Miller MD, Erstad BL. Comparison of opioid requirements and analgesic response in opioid-tolerant versus opioid-naive patients after total knee arthroplasty. Pharmacotherapy. 2008 Dec;28(12):1453-60. doi: 10.1592/phco.28.12.1453.
PubMed 19025426Urban MK, Ya Deau JT, Wukovits B, Lipnitsky JY. Ketamine as an adjunct to postoperative pain management in opioid tolerant patients after spinal fusions: a prospective randomized trial. HSS J. 2008 Feb;4(1):62-5. doi: 10.1007/s11420-007-9069-9. Epub 2007 Dec 19.
PubMed 18751864Cohen SM. Extended pain relief trial utilizing infiltration of Exparel((R)), a long-acting multivesicular liposome formulation of bupivacaine: a Phase IV health economic trial in adult patients undergoing open colectomy. J Pain Res. 2012;5:567-72. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S38621. Epub 2012 Nov 20.
PubMed 23204866Candiotti K. Liposomal bupivacaine: an innovative nonopioid local analgesic for the management of postsurgical pain. Pharmacotherapy. 2012 Sep;32(9 Suppl):19S-26S. doi: 10.1002/j.1875-9114.2012.01183.x.
PubMed 22956491Bergese SD, Ramamoorthy S, Patou G, Bramlett K, Gorfine SR, Candiotti KA. Efficacy profile of liposome bupivacaine, a novel formulation of bupivacaine for postsurgical analgesia. J Pain Res. 2012;5:107-16. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S30861. Epub 2012 May 1.
PubMed 22570563Chen Y, Zhang Y, Zhu YL, Fu PL. Efficacy and safety of an intra-operative intra-articular magnesium/ropivacaine injection for pain control following total knee arthroplasty. J Int Med Res. 2009 Nov-Dec;37(6):1733-41. doi: 10.1177/147323000903700609.
PubMed 20146871Fu P, Wu Y, Wu H, Li X, Qian Q, Zhu Y. Efficacy of intra-articular cocktail analgesic injection in total knee arthroplasty - a randomized controlled trial. Knee. 2009 Aug;16(4):280-4. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2008.12.012. Epub 2009 Mar 18.
PubMed 19299145Richard BM, Newton P, Ott LR, Haan D, Brubaker AN, Cole PI, Ross PE, Rebelatto MC, Nelson KG. The Safety of EXPAREL (R) (Bupivacaine Liposome Injectable Suspension) Administered by Peripheral Nerve Block in Rabbits and Dogs. J Drug Deliv. 2012;2012:962101. doi: 10.1155/2012/962101. Epub 2012 Jan 17.
PubMed 22363842Richard BM, Rickert DE, Newton PE, Ott LR, Haan D, Brubaker AN, Cole PI, Ross PE, Rebelatto MC, Nelson KG. Safety Evaluation of EXPAREL (DepoFoam Bupivacaine) Administered by Repeated Subcutaneous Injection in Rabbits and Dogs: Species Comparison. J Drug Deliv. 2011;2011:467429. doi: 10.1155/2011/467429. Epub 2011 Oct 5.
PubMed 22013534Chahar P, Cummings KC 3rd. Liposomal bupivacaine: a review of a new bupivacaine formulation. J Pain Res. 2012;5:257-64. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S27894. Epub 2012 Aug 14.
PubMed 23049275Grant GJ, Barenholz Y, Bolotin EM, Bansinath M, Turndorf H, Piskoun B, Davidson EM. A novel liposomal bupivacaine formulation to produce ultralong-acting analgesia. Anesthesiology. 2004 Jul;101(1):133-7. doi: 10.1097/00000542-200407000-00021.
PubMed 15220782Grant GJ, Piskoun B, Bansinath M. Analgesic duration and kinetics of liposomal bupivacaine after subcutaneous injection in mice. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 2003 Dec;30(12):966-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2003.03933.x.
PubMed 14678238
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 7 Jul 2017. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Double Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Postoperative Narcotic Usage in Patients Receiving Periarticular Liposomal Bupivicaine vs. Those Patients Receiving Standard Periarticular Joint Injections
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02682498
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- UCIANES08
- Conditions
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
- Keywords
- Knee Arthroplasty, Total, Liposomal Bupivicaine
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 38 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, IrvineUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Oct 2013
- Primary completion
- Jul 2015 (actual)
- Study completion
- Aug 2015 (actual)
- First posted
- 15 Feb 2016 (estimated)
- Results
- Posted 7 Jul 2017
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This study seeks to determine whether a new sustained-release local anesthetic solution (Exparel - Liposomal Bupivacaine) injected into the soft tissues around the joint after surgery will decrease opioid consumption and adverse events in opioid-tolerant patients presenting for total knee arthroplasty. The research hypothesis is that the Exparel (study) group will use less opioid in the first 48 hours post-operatively than the control group.
Detailed description
Opioids have been prescribed with increasing frequency for non-acute, non-cancer pain in the last 15 years. Because of this, opioid tolerance in the general population has grown markedly, and opioid tolerant patients can be especially difficult to manage in the perioperative period. In general, they require much higher doses of opioids to obtain similar levels of pain-control compared to opioid-naïve patients and are susceptible to respiratory depression and other adverse events. This study seeks to determine whether a new sustained-release local anesthetic solution (Exparel - Liposomal Bupivacaine) injected into the soft tissues around the joint after surgery will decrease opioid consumption and adverse events in opioid-tolerant patients presenting for total knee arthroplasty.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Double blind (care provider, investigator)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| EXPAREL® Bupivacaine Liposome Suspension | Active comparator | Drug: (Bupivacaine Liposome Injectable Suspension)Instead of injecting the standard joint injection for a case of total knee arthroplasty, Exparel-Liposomal Bupivicaine will be administered at the end of the surgery. A new sustained-release local anesthetic solution (Bupivacaine Liposome Injectable Suspension) will be injected into the soft tissues around the join after surgery. Exparel is a novel-composition of bupivacine in which the drug is dissolved into liposomes which release it slowly over a period of 72 hours. |
| Standard periarticular joint injection | Active comparator | Drug: Standard PreparationA standard joint injection of 100ml (Clonidine 80 mcg, Epinephrine 0.5mg, Ketorolac 30mg, Ropivacaine 246.25mg, and Sodium Chloride 0.9% 48.45 ml) will be injected into the soft tissues around the joint after surgery. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (10 listed)
- Males and Females age 18+ years old having total knee arthroplasty at UCI
- Meet at least one of the following criteria "opioid tolerant":
- Taking 50mg oral morphine equivalent or more per day
- On long-acting opioids (fentanyl pathc, oxycontin, methadone, etc.)
- Being followed by a chronic pain physician
Key exclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Allergy to local Anesthetic
- Pregnancy
- Nursing mothers
- Children<18 years of age
- Renal impairment (GFR<60 mL/min/1.73 m^2
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| (Bupivacaine Liposome Injectable Suspension)Also: EXPAREL®Instead of injecting the standard joint injection for a case of total knee arthroplasty, Exparel-lipsomal bupivacaine will be administered at the end of the surgery. | Drug | EXPAREL® Bupivacaine Liposome Suspension |
| Standard PreparationAlso: Standard Periarticular Joint InjectionA standard joint injection of 100ml (Clonidine 80 mcg, Epinephrine 0.5mg, Ketorolac 30mg, Ropivacaine 246.25mg, and Sodium Chloride 0.9% 48.45 ml) will be injected into the soft tissues around the joint after surgery. | Drug | Standard periarticular joint injection |
Primary outcome
48 Hour Post-surgical Opioid Use
Time frame: 48 hours
A comparison of group means between the control group and study group with regards to 48 hour opioid use.
4 secondary outcomes
Recovery Room Opioid Use
Time frame: Up to 48 hours
Average Daily Opioid Use During Admission
Time frame: Up to 48 hours
Average Daily Patient Pain Score
Time frame: Up to 48 hours
Post-operative Complications
Time frame: Up to 1 month
Results and safety
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Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 7 Jul 2017.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.
- Background: PubMed 21970125Huxtable CA, Roberts LJ, Somogyi AA, MacIntyre PE. Acute pain management in opioid-tolerant patients: a growing challenge. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2011 Sep;39(5):804-23. doi: 10.1177/0310057X1103900505.
- Background: PubMed 22048093Zywiel MG, Stroh DA, Lee SY, Bonutti PM, Mont MA. Chronic opioid use prior to total knee arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2011 Nov 2;93(21):1988-93. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.J.01473.
- Background: PubMed 19025426Patanwala AE, Jarzyna DL, Miller MD, Erstad BL. Comparison of opioid requirements and analgesic response in opioid-tolerant versus opioid-naive patients after total knee arthroplasty. Pharmacotherapy. 2008 Dec;28(12):1453-60. doi: 10.1592/phco.28.12.1453.
- Background: PubMed 18751864Urban MK, Ya Deau JT, Wukovits B, Lipnitsky JY. Ketamine as an adjunct to postoperative pain management in opioid tolerant patients after spinal fusions: a prospective randomized trial. HSS J. 2008 Feb;4(1):62-5. doi: 10.1007/s11420-007-9069-9. Epub 2007 Dec 19.
- Background: PubMed 23204866Cohen SM. Extended pain relief trial utilizing infiltration of Exparel((R)), a long-acting multivesicular liposome formulation of bupivacaine: a Phase IV health economic trial in adult patients undergoing open colectomy. J Pain Res. 2012;5:567-72. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S38621. Epub 2012 Nov 20.
- Background: PubMed 22956491Candiotti K. Liposomal bupivacaine: an innovative nonopioid local analgesic for the management of postsurgical pain. Pharmacotherapy. 2012 Sep;32(9 Suppl):19S-26S. doi: 10.1002/j.1875-9114.2012.01183.x.
- Background: PubMed 22570563Bergese SD, Ramamoorthy S, Patou G, Bramlett K, Gorfine SR, Candiotti KA. Efficacy profile of liposome bupivacaine, a novel formulation of bupivacaine for postsurgical analgesia. J Pain Res. 2012;5:107-16. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S30861. Epub 2012 May 1.
- Background: PubMed 20146871Chen Y, Zhang Y, Zhu YL, Fu PL. Efficacy and safety of an intra-operative intra-articular magnesium/ropivacaine injection for pain control following total knee arthroplasty. J Int Med Res. 2009 Nov-Dec;37(6):1733-41. doi: 10.1177/147323000903700609.
- Background: PubMed 19299145Fu P, Wu Y, Wu H, Li X, Qian Q, Zhu Y. Efficacy of intra-articular cocktail analgesic injection in total knee arthroplasty - a randomized controlled trial. Knee. 2009 Aug;16(4):280-4. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2008.12.012. Epub 2009 Mar 18.
- Background: PubMed 22363842Richard BM, Newton P, Ott LR, Haan D, Brubaker AN, Cole PI, Ross PE, Rebelatto MC, Nelson KG. The Safety of EXPAREL (R) (Bupivacaine Liposome Injectable Suspension) Administered by Peripheral Nerve Block in Rabbits and Dogs. J Drug Deliv. 2012;2012:962101. doi: 10.1155/2012/962101. Epub 2012 Jan 17.
- Background: PubMed 22013534Richard BM, Rickert DE, Newton PE, Ott LR, Haan D, Brubaker AN, Cole PI, Ross PE, Rebelatto MC, Nelson KG. Safety Evaluation of EXPAREL (DepoFoam Bupivacaine) Administered by Repeated Subcutaneous Injection in Rabbits and Dogs: Species Comparison. J Drug Deliv. 2011;2011:467429. doi: 10.1155/2011/467429. Epub 2011 Oct 5.
- Background: PubMed 23049275Chahar P, Cummings KC 3rd. Liposomal bupivacaine: a review of a new bupivacaine formulation. J Pain Res. 2012;5:257-64. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S27894. Epub 2012 Aug 14.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Joseph Rinehart, M.D. principal investigator
University of California, Irvine
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 4 study testing (Bupivacaine Liposome Injectable Suspension) and Standard Preparation in people with Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee, run by University of California, Irvine at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 10 inclusion and 7 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Jul 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 4 studies take place after a treatment is approved, to learn more about its long-term benefits and risks in everyday use.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 7 Jul 2017). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
48 Hour Post-surgical Opioid Use (time frame: 48 hours). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02682498, which also lists 14 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 7 Jul 2017.