Clinical trials: Nerve Block
Migraine
Comparison of Therapeutic Effects of Greater Occipital Nerve Block, Topiramate, and Flunarizine on Episodic Migraine
Background: Preventive drug therapy in migraine aims to reduce the attack frequency, severity and duration of headache. Flunarizine and topiramate are widely used in the prevention of migraine attacks.
- Trial name
- NCT03712917
- Testing
- Greater Occipital Nerve Block, Topiramate, Flunarizine
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Ataturk University
Headache, Pregnancy Related
Acute Headache Treatment in Pregnancy: Occipital Nerve Block vs PO Acetaminophen With Caffeine
This is an open label randomized controlled trial evaluating response to bupivacaine occipital nerve block compared to Tylenol/Caffeine cocktail in treatment of pregnant patients seeking care of headache.
- Conditions
- Headache, Pregnancy Related, Occipital Nerve Block
- Trial name
- NCT03951649
- Testing
- Occipital Nerve Block
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Postoperative Pain
A Retrospective Investigation of Local Anesthetic Concentrations in Femoral Nerve Block
The purpose of this study is to retrospectively compare perioperative pain relief and safety in pediatric patients who have received a femoral nerve block with varying concentrations of local anesthetic.
- Trial name
- NCT02501135
- Testing
- Femoral nerve block with ropivacaine or bupivacaine
- Volunteers
- 281 people
- Sponsor
- Giorgio Veneziano
Post-operative Pain, Quadriceps Muscle Strength
Ultrasound Guided Adductor Canal Versus Femoral Nerve Blocks for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Pediatrics
Both Ultrasound guided Adductor Canal Block ( ACB) and Femoral Nerve Block (FNB) has been used to provide postoperative analgesia for knee surgeries.
- Trial name
- NCT03053401
- Testing
- Adductor Canal Block, Femoral Nerve Block, Ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Akron Children's Hospital
Pain
Parasternal Nerve Block Using Bupivacaine for Postoperative Analgesia in Children Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
All pediatric patients who undergo cardiac surgery require analgesic medications for postoperative pain control and many require sedation to facilitate comfort with cares.
- Trial name
- NCT02512861
- Testing
- Bupivacaine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 93 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
Neuromuscular Blockade
Improving Neuromuscular Monitoring and Reducing Residual Neuromuscular Blockade Via E-learning
To assess the impact of an e-learning course in neuromuscular monitoring on the frequency of application of objective neuromuscular monitoring for assessment of depth of neuromuscular blockade in general anaesthesia and…
- Trial name
- INVERT (NCT02925143)
- Testing
- E-learning course in neuromuscular monitoring
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 6,525 people
- Sponsor
- Herlev Hospital
Exotropia
Observation Versus Occlusion Therapy for Intermittent Exotropia
The present study is being conducted to assess the natural history of intermittent exotropia and to establish the effectiveness of occlusion in its treatment.
- Trial name
- IXT2 (NCT01032330)
- Testing
- occlusion treatment
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 611 people
- Sponsor
- Jaeb Center for Health Research
Traumatic Femur Fracture
Femoral Nerve Block for Femur Fracture Repair in Pediatrics
The purpose of this study is to prospectively compare post-operative pain relief in pediatric patients undergoing traumatic femur fracture repair who have received either a femoral nerve block with a lateral femoral cutaneous…
- Trial name
- NCT01759407
- Testing
- Ropivicaine, Epinephrine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- Nationwide Children's Hospital
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear
IPACK Versus Popliteal Sciatic Nerve Block in ACL Reconstruction
This is a prospective study comparing femoral nerve block plus sciatic nerve block to femoral nerve block plus infiltration of the posterior knee capsule (IPACK) in patients undergoing arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament…
- Trial name
- NCT03983941
- Testing
- Ropivacaine injection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Sujana Dontukurthy
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
Tympanomastoid Surgery, Cochlear Implant
Great Auricular Nerve Block for Children Undergoing Tympanomastoid Surgery
The investigators goal is to determine the efficacy and duration of analgesia with the addition of Clonidine, an alpha-2 agonist, to local anesthetic blockade using bupivacaine, of the great auricular nerve in children undergoing…
- Conditions
- Tympanomastoid Surgery, Cochlear Implant, Mastoidectomy, Cholesteatoma
- Trial name
- NCT01638052
- Testing
- 0.25% Bupivacaine + Clonidine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Edentulous Jaw, Dental Implant
Comparing Two Anesthetic Techniques for Implant Placement
To evaluate in a comparative way the patient's perception in implant surgery in the posterior mandibular quadrants depending on whether the operation is performed under trunk anaesthesia or infiltrative anaesthesia, in both cases…
- Conditions
- Edentulous Jaw, Dental Implant, Anesthesia, Local
- Trial name
- NCT04395690
- Testing
- Dental Implant Placement in the posterior mandible
- Where
- 8 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- Aula Dental Avanzada
Glioblastoma Multiforme, Anaplastic Astrocytoma
INCB7839 in Treating Children With Recurrent/Progressive High-Grade Gliomas
This is a multicenter phase 1 trial of INCB7839 for children with recurrent or progressive high-grade gliomas, including, but not limited to, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) and other diffuse midline gliomas (DMGs), after…
- Conditions
- Glioblastoma Multiforme, Anaplastic Astrocytoma, Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma, DIPG
- Trial name
- NCT04295759
- Testing
- INCB7839
- Where
- 11 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
Clinical Comparison of Femoral Nerve Versus Adductor Canal Block Following Anterior Ligament Reconstruction
This study will examine the potential differences between femoral nerve blockade (FNB) and adductor canal blockade (ACB) for pain control and quadriceps muscle activation for patients following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)…
- Trial name
- FNB vs ACB (NCT03704376)
- Testing
- 30 ml of 0.2% ropivacaine, 15 ml of 0.2% ropivacaine, 100 mcg clonidine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 125 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
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
Post Operative Analgesia
The Ultrasound Guided Pericapsular Nerve Group and Anterior Quadratus Lumborum Blocks in Hip Replacement Surgeries
The investigators hypothesis that PENG block will produce effective opioid sparing analgesia with enhanced motor recovery more than AQLB in elderly patients undergoing total hip replacement surgeries
- Trial name
- NCT06679764
- Testing
- Anterior quadratus lumborum block technique (AQLB), Pericapsular Nerve Group (PENG) block, Control Group
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 93 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
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
Pain
Femoral Nerve Block Versus Adductor Canal Nerve Block for Peri-Operative Analgesia Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction: Evaluation of Post-operative Pain and Strength
All patients over the age of 16 undergoing primary or revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with the use of bone-patellar-bone autograft are eligible for the study.
- Trial name
- NCT03033589
- Testing
- Marcaine 0.25 % Injectable Solution
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Henry Ford Health System
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Pain Study
The objective of this study is to compare the pain control benefit of two different types of nerve blocks in patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction.
- Trial name
- NCT02604550
- Testing
- Ropivacaine 0.5%, Percocet 7.5/325, Naprosyn 500 mg
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 115 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University