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Administrative data

NCT number NCT03611374
Other study ID # 47032
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date June 7, 2019
Est. completion date April 6, 2023

Study information

Verified date September 2023
Source Stanford University
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The erector spinae plane block is a novel regional anesthetic technique that allows for analgesia of the thorax and abdomen with a peripheral nerve block. The goals of this study are to determine if bilateral erector spinae plane blocks (ESPB) after sternotomy for congenital heart repair in high risk children and adults can decrease outcomes such as duration of postoperative mechanical ventilation (MV), perioperative opioid consumption, days in the intensive care unit (ICU) and length of stay (LOS).


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 38
Est. completion date April 6, 2023
Est. primary completion date April 6, 2023
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 0 Years to 99 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: i) Ages 0-99 ii) Give consent/parental consent to participate in study iii) Patients undergoing sternotomy for congenital heart repair surgeries Exclusion Criteria: i) Participants who do not consent or have parental consent ii) Patients who are clinically unstable or require urgent/emergent intervention iii) Patients under 5kg

Study Design


Intervention

Procedure:
Bilateral Erector Spinae Plane Block (ESPB)
Bilateral ESPBs will be placed after anesthesia induction in eligible and consented patients who are undergoing a sternotomy for congenital heart repair. Patients will receive a local anesthetic agent through each catheter prior to surgery start. If possible, levels of the local anesthetic will be measured during the case. After surgery, patients will be admitted to the CVICU and extubation will be managed by the CVICU team. The ESPB group will have an automatic, alternating side boluses of the local anesthetic started through their nerve block catheters. Levels of the local anesthetic will be measured at intervals.

Locations

Country Name City State
United States Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford Palo Alto California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Stanford University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (18)

Agarwal HS, Wolfram KB, Saville BR, Donahue BS, Bichell DP. Postoperative complications and association with outcomes in pediatric cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Aug;148(2):609-16.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.10.031. Epub 2013 Nov 23. — View Citation

Anand KJ, Hickey PR. Halothane-morphine compared with high-dose sufentanil for anesthesia and postoperative analgesia in neonatal cardiac surgery. N Engl J Med. 1992 Jan 2;326(1):1-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199201023260101. — View Citation

Bhalla AK, Yehya N, Mack WJ, Wilson ML, Khemani RG, Newth CJL. The Association Between Inhaled Nitric Oxide Treatment and ICU Mortality and 28-Day Ventilator-Free Days in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Crit Care Med. 2018 Nov;46(11):1803-1810. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000003312. — View Citation

Brix-Christensen V. The systemic inflammatory response after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass in children. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2001 Jul;45(6):671-9. doi: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2001.045006671.x. — View Citation

Chakravarthy M, Thimmangowda P, Krishnamurthy J, Nadiminti S, Jawali V. Thoracic epidural anesthesia in cardiac surgical patients: a prospective audit of 2,113 cases. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2005 Feb;19(1):44-8. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2004.11.008. — View Citation

Chaudhary V, Chauhan S, Choudhury M, Kiran U, Vasdev S, Talwar S. Parasternal intercostal block with ropivacaine for postoperative analgesia in pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a double-blind, randomized, controlled study. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2012 Jun;26(3):439-42. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2011.10.012. Epub 2011 Dec 16. — View Citation

Diaz LK. Anesthesia and postoperative analgesia in pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Paediatr Drugs. 2006;8(4):223-33. doi: 10.2165/00148581-200608040-00002. — View Citation

Forero M, Adhikary SD, Lopez H, Tsui C, Chin KJ. The Erector Spinae Plane Block: A Novel Analgesic Technique in Thoracic Neuropathic Pain. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2016 Sep-Oct;41(5):621-7. doi: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000451. — View Citation

Fragiadakis GK, Gaudilliere B, Ganio EA, Aghaeepour N, Tingle M, Nolan GP, Angst MS. Patient-specific Immune States before Surgery Are Strong Correlates of Surgical Recovery. Anesthesiology. 2015 Dec;123(6):1241-55. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000887. — View Citation

Fukunishi T, Oka N, Yoshii T, Kobayashi K, Inoue N, Horai T, Kitamura T, Okamoto H, Miyaji K. Early Extubation in the Operating Room after Congenital Open-Heart Surgery. Int Heart J. 2018 Jan 27;59(1):94-98. doi: 10.1536/ihj.16-630. Epub 2018 Jan 15. — View Citation

Gaudilliere B, Fragiadakis GK, Bruggner RV, Nicolau M, Finck R, Tingle M, Silva J, Ganio EA, Yeh CG, Maloney WJ, Huddleston JI, Goodman SB, Davis MM, Bendall SC, Fantl WJ, Angst MS, Nolan GP. Clinical recovery from surgery correlates with single-cell immune signatures. Sci Transl Med. 2014 Sep 24;6(255):255ra131. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3009701. — View Citation

Hickey PR, Hansen DD. High-dose fentanyl reduces intraoperative ventricular fibrillation in neonates with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. J Clin Anesth. 1991 Jul-Aug;3(4):295-300. doi: 10.1016/0952-8180(91)90223-a. — View Citation

Kain ZN, Fitch JC, Kirsch JR, Mets B, Pearl RG. Future of anesthesiology is perioperative medicine: a call for action. Anesthesiology. 2015 Jun;122(6):1192-5. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000680. No abstract available. Erratum In: Anesthesiology. 2015 Aug;123(2):492. — View Citation

Kose HC, Kose SG, Thomas DT. Lumbar versus thoracic erector spinae plane block: Similar nomenclature, different mechanism of action. J Clin Anesth. 2018 Aug;48:1. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2018.03.026. Epub 2018 Apr 9. No abstract available. — View Citation

Olivier JF, Bracco D, Nguyen P, Le N, Noiseux N, Hemmerling T; Perioperative Cardiac Surgery Research Group (PeriCARG). A novel approach for pain management in cardiac surgery via median sternotomy: bilateral single-shot paravertebral blocks. Heart Surg Forum. 2007;10(5):E357-62. doi: 10.1532/HSF98.20071082. — View Citation

Pollak U, Serraf A. Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and Pain Management: After 40 Years in the Desert, Have We Reached the Promised Land? World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2018 May;9(3):315-325. doi: 10.1177/2150135118755977. — View Citation

Ramamoorthy C, Haberkern CM, Bhananker SM, Domino KB, Posner KL, Campos JS, Morray JP. Anesthesia-related cardiac arrest in children with heart disease: data from the Pediatric Perioperative Cardiac Arrest (POCA) registry. Anesth Analg. 2010 May 1;110(5):1376-82. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181c9f927. Epub 2010 Jan 26. — View Citation

Tsui BCH, Navaratnam M, Boltz G, Maeda K, Caruso TJ. Bilateral automatized intermittent bolus erector spinae plane analgesic blocks for sternotomy in a cardiac patient who underwent cardiopulmonary bypass: A new era of Cardiac Regional Anesthesia. J Clin Anesth. 2018 Aug;48:9-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2018.04.005. Epub 2018 May 26. No abstract available. — View Citation

* Note: There are 18 references in allClick here to view all references

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Median time to extubation in patients with ESPB Duration of postoperative recovery (typically 1-2 weeks)
Primary Median Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) LOS in patients with ESPB Duration of postoperative recovery (typically 1-2 weeks)
Primary Determine average post-operative pain scores in patients with ESPB Duration of postoperative recovery (typically 1-2 weeks)
Primary Determine opioid consumption Duration of postoperative recovery (typically 1-2 weeks)
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