Efficacy of Nerve Blockade Performed Prior to Surgical Intervention Versus Following Surgical Intervention

Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Randomized Prospective Comparison of Analgesic Efficacy of Peripheral Nerve Blockade Performed Prior to Surgical Intervention Versus Following Surgical Shoulder Repair

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02666118
• Other study ID #: 2012-0486
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 2013
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Nerve blocks, or pain medication injected next to the nerve while patients are asleep, are commonly used for pain management after shoulder surgery and are considered highly effective in decreasing post-operative pain. There are several different ways to give a nerve block. All are effective and safe. The purpose of this research is to determine if one of the available ways to give a nerve block is more effective than the others.

Description:

Interscalene brachial plexus blockade is commonly performed to provide relief of postoperative pain following surgical shoulder repair. This has proven to be a reliable means of reducing the required doses of intraoperative and postoperative opiates and effectively delaying postoperative pain, as well as hastening patient discharge and increasing patient satisfaction. Neural blockade has traditionally been performed prior to surgery with the hope that preemptive analgesia will most effectively abate postoperative pain. Recently, however, it has been argued that sensitization to pain can be attributed to many factors, not solely the nociceptive battery associated with incision and subsequent intraoperative events. The duration of action and effectiveness of the treatment modality thus appear play a more important role than the actual timing of the treatment delivered. The safety and efficacy of performing interscalene brachial plexus blockade under general anesthesia has recently been reported as being not only safe, but perhaps more effective than when performed in an awake patient. We propose a randomized prospective evaluation of the analgesic efficacy comparing interscalene brachial plexus blockade performed prior to surgery with interscalene brachial plexus blockade performed following the completion of of surgery in healthy ASA I and II adolescent patients undergoing unilateral shoulder reconstruction on an outpatient basis.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 79
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: March 31, 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 10 Years to 21 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• The subject is male or female;

• The subject is of any racial and ethnic groups;

• The subject is age 10 years to 21 years (inclusive);

• The subject is scheduled for the following

• Unilateral shoulder repair under general anesthesia on an out- patient basis, and not being performed in conjunction with any other surgical procedures;

• Agreement of the surgeon for subject participation in study.

• The subject or legally authorized representative has consented to an intra- scalene block for the procedure and the consent for the block has been obtained by an clinician (MD, DO, CRNA or APN) authorized to obtain consent who is independent of the study team

• The subject is American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) patient classification I-II;

• The subject's legally authorized representative has given written informed consent to participate in the study and when appropriate, the subject has given assent or consent to participate.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Additional surgical procedures are being performed concurrently;

• The subject is ASA classification > II;

• The subject has pre-existing allergies to local anesthetics;

• The subject receives sedation preoperatively;

• The subject has an imminent life threatening condition that impacts the ability to obtain informed consent;

• The subject has any other condition, which in the opinion of the principal investigator, would not be suitable for participation in the study, including but not limited preexisting neuropathy.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pain
• Shoulder Injuries
• Shoulder Injury

Intervention

Procedure:
• Preemptive Interscalene Block - Single Shot
Interscalene brachial plexus blockade will be performed by the anesthesia team under ultrasound-guidance utilizing 1 ml/kg (to a maximum volume of 20 mls) of 0.2% ropivacaine without epinephrine. Regional anesthesia will be performed following the induction of anesthesia, but prior to the start of surgery. Anesthesia team members determined to be proficient in regional blockade, having performed a minimum of ten successful interscalene brachial plexus blocks previously, will be performing the regional blockade.
• Postoperative Interscalene Block- Single Shot
Interscalene brachial plexus blockade will be performed by the anesthesia team under ultrasound-guidance utilizing 1 ml/kg (to a maximum volume of 20 mls) of 0.2% ropivacaine without epinephrine. Regional anesthesia will be performed following the completion of surgery with the patient still under general anesthesia. Anesthesia team members determined to be proficient in regional blockade, having performed a minimum of ten successful interscalene brachial plexus blocks previously, will be performing the regional blockade.
• Preemptive Interscalene Block - Catheter
Interscalene brachial plexus blockade will be performed by the anesthesia team under ultrasound-guidance utilizing 1 ml/kg (to a maximum volume of 20 mls) of 0.2% ropivacaine without epinephrine. A continuous peripheral nerve catheter will then be placed under ultrasound-guidance for continuous infusion postoperatively. Regional anesthesia will be performed following the induction of anesthesia, but prior to the start of surgery. Anesthesia team members determined to be proficient in regional blockade, having performed a minimum of ten successful interscalene brachial plexus blocks previously, will be performing the regional blockade.
• Postoperative Interscalene Block - Catheter
Interscalene brachial plexus blockade will be performed by the anesthesia team under ultrasound-guidance utilizing 1 ml/kg (to a maximum volume of 20 mls) of 0.2% ropivacaine without epinephrine. A continuous peripheral nerve catheter will then be placed under ultrasound-guidance for continuous infusion postoperatively. Regional anesthesia will be performed following the completion of surgery with the patient still under general anesthesia. Anesthesia team members determined to be proficient in regional blockade, having performed a minimum of ten successful interscalene brachial plexus blocks previously, will be performing the regional blockade.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	Cincinnati	Ohio

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (6)

Angelo RL. Controversies in arthroscopic shoulder surgery: arthroscopic versus open bankart repair, thermal treatment of capsular tissue, acromioplasties--are they necessary? Arthroscopy. 2003 Dec;19 Suppl 1:224-8. doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2003.10.005. No abstract available. — View Citation

Fredrickson MJ, Ball CM, Dalgleish AJ. Analgesic effectiveness of a continuous versus single-injection interscalene block for minor arthroscopic shoulder surgery. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2010 Jan-Feb;35(1):28-33. doi: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181c771bd. Erratum In: Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2010 Mar-Apr;35(2):226. Fredrickson, Michel J [corrected to Fredrickson, Michael J]. — View Citation

Hadzic A, New York School of Regional Anesthesia: Textbook of regional anesthesia and acute pain management. New York: McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division; 2007

Katz J, Clarke H, Seltzer Z. Review article: Preventive analgesia: quo vadimus? Anesth Analg. 2011 Nov;113(5):1242-53. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31822c9a59. Epub 2011 Sep 30. Erratum In: Anesth Analg. 2011 Dec;113(6):1475. — View Citation

Lavand'homme P. From preemptive to preventive analgesia: time to reconsider the role of perioperative peripheral nerve blocks? Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2011 Jan-Feb;36(1):4-6. doi: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e31820305b8. No abstract available. — View Citation

Misamore G, Webb B, McMurray S, Sallay P. A prospective analysis of interscalene brachial plexus blocks performed under general anesthesia. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2011 Mar;20(2):308-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2010.04.043. Epub 2010 Aug 13. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain Efficacy of Nerve Blockades	The primary outcome will be the worst pain score observed in the PACU using 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain) verbal Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) for pain by the study staff during the first post-operative hour.	60 minutes