Efficacy of Median Nerve Block Performed Using Echographic Guidance

Orthopedic Clinical Trial

Official title:

Efficacy of Median Nerve Block Performed Using Echographic Guidance

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00835653
• Other study ID #: 2008/42
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 2, 2009
• Last updated: September 22, 2016
• Start date: January 2009
• Est. completion date: May 2009

Study information

• Verified date: September 2016
• Source: Hopital Foch
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: France: Afssaps - Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé (Saint-Denis)
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Observational study of the efficacy of median nerve blocks performed using echographic guidance in patients presenting with or without carpal tunnel syndrome.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 70
• Est. completion date: May 2009
• Est. primary completion date: May 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• short surgical procedure (less than 30 minutes) on the hand,

• regional anesthesia at the elbow involving the median nerve.

Exclusion Criteria:

• age less than 18 years,

• pregnant woman

• mental incapacity,

• poor understanding of French.

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Orthopedic

Intervention

Procedure:
• median nerve block
median nerve block performed under echographic guidance
• median nerve block
median nerve block performed under echographic guidance

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	Hopital Foch	Suresnes
France	Hôpital Privé de l'Ouest Parisien	Trappes

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hopital Foch

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	light touch sensibility		30 minutes following block performance	No
Secondary	ice touch sensibility		30 minutes following block performance	No
Secondary	motor block		30 minutes following block performance	No
Secondary	paresthesia		during nerve block procedure	Yes
Secondary	vascular puncture		during nerve block procedure	Yes