Clinical trials: Peripheral Nerve Block
Hip Arthroplasty, Hip Pain
Optimizing Local Anesthetic Concentration for Continuous Lumbar Plexus Nerve Blocks
This is a research study to determine if the concentration of local anesthetic through a catheter next to the nerves that go to the hip that is undergoing surgery, affects muscle strength and sense of touch experienced after…
- Trial name
- NCT00912873
- Testing
- 0.1% Ropivacaine, 0.4% Ropivacaine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Central Post Stroke Pain
Peripheral Sensory Input in Central Post Stroke Pain (CPSP)
Prospective, open-label study in 10 patients with Central Post Stroke Pain (CPSP). The study will evaluate the effects of peripheral nerve blockade on spontaneous pain and evoked thermal and mechanical responses in CPSP, and…
- Trial name
- NCT02148588
- Testing
- Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve block with 2% lidocaine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Peripheral Nerve Block, Anxiety
Music vs Midazolam During Preop Nerve Block Placement - Part 2 Study On Anxiolytic Options Before Peripheral Nerve Blocks
This study is evaluating music vs midazolam as a means of anxiolysis for preoperative single-shot nerve block placement.
- Conditions
- Peripheral Nerve Block, Anxiety, Preoperative Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT05610969
- Testing
- Music, Midazolam
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Postoperative Pain
Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Major Lower Extremity Amputations
This study will be a double-blinded randomized controlled trial analyzing all patients who will undergo major lower extremity amputations by the vascular surgery service at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Fresno…
- Trial name
- NCT03174782
- Testing
- Bupivacaine, Saline Solution
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
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
Neuromuscular Blockade
Relation Between TOF-Watch® SX and a Peripheral Nerve Stimulator After 4.0 mg.Kg-1 Sugammadex (P05698)
The objective of the trial is to determine the relationship within a participant between the time to manual detection of the reappearance of the fourth twitch (T4) measured using a peripheral nerve stimulator (PNS) and the time…
- Trial name
- NCT00535496
- Testing
- sugammadex
- Volunteers
- 91 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Postoperative Pain Following Knee Arthroplasty
Femoral Versus Adductor Canal Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Knee Arthroplasty
Patients typically experience moderate-to-severe pain following knee arthroplasty that is usually treated with a combination of oral and intravenous analgesics and enhanced by continuous peripheral nerve blocks.
- Trial name
- NCT01759277
- Testing
- Control: Femoral perineural local anesthetic infusion, Experimental: Adductor Canal perineural local anesthetic infusion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Hallux Valgus and Bunion (Disorder), Morton Neuroma
Feasibility of Specific Anesthesia of the Forefoot Preserving the Sensitivity of the Heel for Foot Surgery
Foot surgery is a painful surgery that is usually scheduled in outpatients. A good management of analgesia is the crucial point.
- Conditions
- Hallux Valgus and Bunion (Disorder), Morton Neuroma, Metatarsal Fracture, Ingrown Nail
- Trial name
- DISTIB (NCT03504462)
- Testing
- Specific block of medial and lateral plantar nerves
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- CMC Ambroise Paré
Total Knee Arthroplasty
Peripheral Nerve Blocks vs Periarticular Local Anesthetic Injection for Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)
The purpose of this study is to find a better way to make patients comfortable after their knee surgery. The investigators compared three ways of providing pain relief, either by use of a nerve block at the femoral and sciatic…
- Trial name
- NCT02223364
- Testing
- Peripheral nerve blocks with Bupivacaine, Intra articular injection with Ropivacaine, Intra articular injection with liposomal bupivacaine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 165 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
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
Anxiety, Peripheral Nerve Block
Music vs Midazolam During Preop Nerve Block Placement
The purpose of this study is to determine if there are differences in anxiety scores, heart rate, blood pressure, and oxygen status when using sedation medication versus music while undergoing a peripheral nerve block before your…
- Trial name
- NCT03069677
- Testing
- music, Midazolam
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Internal Derangement of Hip, Acetabular Labrum Tear
Preemptive Femoral & Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Blocks for THA Acute Pain
The goal of the study is to evaluate via a prospective, blinded, randomized clinical trial, whether ultrasound-guided single femoral and lateral femoral cutaneous nerve blocks with ropivacaine 0.5% with epinephrine (1:200,000) as…
- Trial name
- NCT01997567
- Testing
- Ropivacaine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Hip Arthropathy
Periarticular Injection Versus Peripheral Nerve Block in Total Hip Arthroplasty
This study will assess if preoperative quadratus lumborum block (QLB)/lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block (LFCNB) with ropivacaine and glucocorticoids provide more effective analgesia than periarticular injection (PAI) with the…
- Trial name
- NCT03977454
- Testing
- Nerve Block, Periarticular Injection (PAI), Ropivacaine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 192 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
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
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
Meralgia Paresthetica
Comparing Ways to Freeze the Nerve That Provides Thigh Sensation
Background The sensation on the outside of portion of our thighs is provided by a nerve called the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN).
- Trial name
- NCT02577510
- Testing
- Nerve Injection- Nerve Stimulator, Nerve Injection - Ultrasound
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Canadian Forces Health Services Centre Ottawa
Paravertebral Peripheral Nerve Block, Acute Pain Management
Ultrasound-Assisted Paravertebral Block v. Traditional Paravertebral Block For Pain Control
The overall purpose of this research study is to compare the effectiveness of ultrasound assisted paravertebral block placement versus traditional "blind" technique for postoperative analgesia following thoracotomy or visually…
- Trial name
- NCT01949480
- Testing
- Thoracotomy, Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Prostate CA
Evaluation of Addition of Dexamethasone to Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Peripheral Nerve Block
Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks are increasingly being performed after abdominal surgery to provide post operative analgesia.
- Trial name
- NCT01303003
- Testing
- Dexamethasone, TAP block
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Steward St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston, Inc.
Pain, Fracture
Single Shot Versus OnQ Pump in Extremity Fractures
Peripheral nerve blocks have been well studied in the literature with generally good results for controlling post operative pain following orthopaedic surgery. Regional anesthesia has many benefits.
- Trial name
- NCT02280291
- Testing
- Ankle SSB, Ankle OnQ, DR SSB
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Perineural Steroids for Peripheral Nerve Blocks
This study will look at the efficacy of dexamethasone for prolongation of peripheral nerve blocks.
- Trial name
- NCT02462148
- Testing
- Dexamethasone, Bupivacaine, Epinephrine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences