Ultrasound Guided Supraclavicular Nerve Block

Local Anesthetic Clinical Trial

Official title: Ultrasound Guided Supraclavicular Nerve Block: Comparison Between a Mixture of Mepivacaine and Ropivacaine, and Sequential Injection of Mepivacaine Followed by Ropivacaine

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will test the hypothesis that sequential injection of 1.5% mepivacaine followed 90 seconds later by 0.5% ropivacaine in ultrasound guided supraclavicular block provides a quicker onset and a longer duration of analgesia than an equi-dose mixture of the two local anesthetics.

Clinical Trial Description

Patients will be randomized into one of two groups, Group M: Ropivacaine and Mepivacaine - subject will receive two injections before surgery begins. These two injections will consist of the mixture of mepivacaine (15 ml) and ropivacaine (15 ml).

Group S: Mepivacaine followed by Ropivacaine. Subjects will receive two injections before surgery begins. One injection will contain mepivacaine (15 ml) and the other will contain ropivacaine (15 ml).

On the first, second, and third mornings after surgery,subjects will be asked to rate their pain on a scale of 1 to 10. If the subject is discharged from the hospital, a telephone call will be made to the subject's home to collect this information. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Local Anesthetic

• NCT number: NCT00825786
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: The Cleveland Clinic
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Start date: September 2008
• Completion date: August 2010