Local Anesthetics After Total Knee Arthroplasty

Postoperative Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Local Anesthetics After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Intra- vs. Extraarticular Administration? A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00518674
• Other study ID #: KF01329190
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 20, 2007
• Last updated: August 20, 2007
• Start date: January 2007
• Est. completion date: September 2007

Study information

• Verified date: July 2007
• Source: Hvidovre University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: The Regional Committee on Biomedical Research Ethics
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled study is to evaluate the specific role of injection of local anesthetic into the intra- vs. extraarticular tissues after toal knee arthroplasty.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 32
• Est. completion date: September 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Able to give informed oral and written consent to participate

• Able to speak Danish

Exclusion Criteria:

• Treatment with opioids

• Body Mass Index > 40

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pain, Postoperative
• Postoperative Pain

Intervention

Procedure:
• local infiltration analgesia
local wound infiltration with 30 ml ropivacaine 0.2 % (60 mg)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hvidovre University Hospital

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Visual Analogue Scale pain score