Recruiting

Rectus Sheath Block

Sponsor:

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Code:

NCT05833048

Conditions

Cardiac Disease

Postoperative Pain

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Rectus sheath block

Study Details

Brief summary:

This is a prospective, randomized study. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of post-surgical pain control of a type of peripheral nerve block, Rectus Sheath Block.

1. Does the rectus sheath block decrease opioid consumption postoperatively after cardiac surgery?
2. Does the rectus sheath block decrease VAS pain scores postoperatively after cardiac surgery? Study participants will be assigned to receive either rectus sheath block or no block.

Conditions

Cardiac Disease

Postoperative Pain

Study ID

NCT05833048

Start date

Jul 29, 2024

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Dec 31, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct 30, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • In order to be eligible to participate in this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria:

1. Adults 18-85 years old
2. Scheduled to undergo cardiac procedures involving chest tubes
3. Male or female

Exclusion Criteria:

  • An individual who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:

1. ASA class V
2. Urgent or emergent surgery
3. Contraindications to administration of local anesthesia (e.g. local anesthetic allergy)
4. History of substance abuse or chronic opioid use
5. Patient refusal or inability to consent

Study Design

Enrollment

75 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Rectus Sheath Block

no intervention: No block

Interventions

Rectus sheath block

Participants will receive an ultrasound guided rectus sheath block with local anesthetic

Primary outcome measure

  • Opioid consumption [ Time Frame: 72 hours postoperatively ]
  • VAS pain scores [ Time Frame: 72 hours postoperatively ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Ali Shariat, MD

212-523-2500AliNima.Shariat@mountsinai.org

Himani Bhatt, DO

212-523-2500himani.bhatt@mountsinai.org

Locations

Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital Center

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10023

Contacts

Ali Shariat, MD

212-523-2500AliNima.Shariat@mountsinai.org

More Information

Sponsor

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Last update posted

Jul 31, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Keywords

  • cardiac surgery
  • regional anesthesia

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai on 2026-07-31.