Recruiting
Phase 3

Pain Management

Sponsor:

McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Code:

NCT00294073

Conditions

Pain, Postoperative

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Fascia Iliaca Block

Femoral Block (with stimulating catheter)

Femoral Block (without stimulating catheter)

Study Details

Brief summary:

The study aims to compare standard techniques used to control pain after knee surgery. The investigators hypothesize that the fascia iliaca block is faster, safer and as good as or better than the femoral block, with or without a stimulating catheter.

Conditions

Pain, Postoperative

Study ID

NCT00294073

Start date

Jul, 2005

Status verified date

Aug, 2005

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients coming for ACL or knee prosthesis surgery
  • Between 18-80 years old
  • Consenting for spinal anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Major neurologic diseases
  • Obesity with body mass index (BMI) > 30
  • Infection at the punction sites (back and/or groin)
  • Diabetes mellitus for longer than 5 years
  • Coagulopathy

Study Design

Enrollment

60 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Interventions

Fascia Iliaca Block

Femoral Block (with stimulating catheter)

Femoral Block (without stimulating catheter)

Primary outcome measure

  • pain relief; measured by VAS at rest and on activity [ Time Frame: before surgery, before discharge from PACU and on evenings of days 1, 2, 7, 60, 90 ]
  • pain relief; measured by WOMAC [ Time Frame: before surgery and at days 7, 60, 90 ]
  • pain relief; evaluated from standard datasheet [ Time Frame: over 48-hour period ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Juan F Asenjo, MD

514-934-1934jfasenjog@yahoo.com

Locations

Montreal General Hospital

Recruiting

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3G 1A4

Principal Investigator:

Juan F Asenjo, MD

More Information

Sponsor

McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Last update posted

Jun 19, 2007

Last verified

Aug, 2005

Keywords

  • femoral block
  • fascia iliaca block
  • ACL repair
  • post-operative analgesia
  • knee surgery
  • ACL damage
  • knee damage

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre on 2007-06-19.