Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Hospital Clinic of Barcelona

Code:

NCT01554722

Conditions

Peripheral Nerve Injury

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 65

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Needle placement

Study Details

Brief summary:

Ultrasound-guided femoral nerve block is a common regional anesthesia technique. The optimal method of needle guidance (in-plane versus out-of-plane) with regards to the block efficacy and avoidance of needle-nerve contact has not been established. In this study the investigators tests the hypothesis that the incidence of needle-nerve contact is higher with the needle insertion in an out-of-plane than with the in-plane approach.

Conditions

Peripheral Nerve Injury

Study ID

NCT01554722

Start date

Nov, 2011

Status verified date

Mar, 2012

Completion date

Mar, 2012

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Mar, 2012

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 65

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • ASA physical status 1-3 patients
  • Diagnosis of trochanteric or cervical hip fracture
  • Hip replacement under spinal anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients under the age of 65 years or over the age of 90 years

Study Design

Enrollment

44 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: in plane needle placement

experimental: out of plane needle placement

Interventions

Needle placement

In plane versus out of plane needle placement techniques

Primary outcome measure

  • Number of intraneural needle insertion in ultrasound-guided femoral block: out-of-plane versus in-plane approach [ Time Frame: 4 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Ana Ruiz, MD

0034932275558anaruiz@clinic.ub.es

Xavier Sala-Blanch, MD

0034932275558Xavier Sala-Blanch <xavi.sala.blanch@gmail.com>

Locations

St Luke'S Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10025

Principal Investigator:

Admir Hadzic, PROF.DR

More Information

Sponsor

Hospital Clinic of Barcelona

Last update posted

Mar 15, 2012

Last verified

Mar, 2012

Keywords

  • Ultrasound guidance
  • Femoral nerve block
  • Needle placement
  • Intraneural needle insertion

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Hospital Clinic of Barcelona on 2012-03-15.