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NCT number NCT05822414
Other study ID # 202301211RINB
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date May 4, 2023
Est. completion date April 2024

Study information

Verified date April 2023
Source National Taiwan University Hospital
Contact Chun-Yu Wu, MD
Phone 0972653376
Email b001089018@tmu.edu.tw
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

To compare the efficacy of pain control, shoulder function recovery, and degree of diaphragm palsy between erector spinae plane block at T2 level and superior trunk block after arthroscopic shoulder surgery


Description:

Arthroscopic shoulder surgery can cause a substantial degree of postoperative pain that interferes with postoperative recovery. Adequate perioperative pain control can not only decrease duration of hospital length of stay and prevent unnecessary re-admission, but also facilitate postoperative rehabilitation and improve overall quality of life. According to the 2019 PROSPECT guideline for rotator cuff repair surgery: systematic review and procedure-specific postoperative pain management recommendations, published on Anesthesia, postoperative pain can be controlled by systemic analgesics such as paracetamol and NSAIDS, regional analgesia, and opioids as rescue analgesia. The current nerve block of choice is the interscalene brachial plexus block. It can provide adequate pain control, but is associated with several drawbacks including neurological injuries from direct nerve contact and pneumothorax, with the potential for phrenic nerve blockade and hemidiaphragmatic paresis raising the most concern. The superior trunk block, which is performed at where the C5 and C6 roots converge to form the superior trunk, was therefore developed, as it is located further away from the phrenic nerve. However, there are still considerable risks of phrenic nerve blockade, as well as nerve injury from direct contact and upper limb motor blockade. The erector spinae plane block, first described by Forero et al. in 2016, involves the injection of local anaesthetic deep to the erector spinae muscles and has been widely studied for analgesia in thoracic surgery. It is a paraspinal fascial plane block and is assumed to share the same mechanism at different vertebral levels, including cervical and lumbar, to provide analgesia for a variety of different surgeries, including spine and breast surgeries. In recent years, erector spinae plane block performed at T2 level has also been employed for chronic shoulder pain and arthroscopic shoulder surgery perioperative pain management. Significant better perioperative pain control was achieved when compared with sham block using normal saline by Cftci et al. in 2021 and non inferior pain control was achieved when compared with peri-articular injection of local anesthetics by Shanthanna et al in 2022. To date, there is no head to head trial comparing the effect of the established block of choice, interscalene brachial plexus block or superior trunk block, to the more novel T2 erector spinae plane block. We therefore designed this study to compare the use of superior trunk block and T2 erector spinae plane block in arthroscopic shoulder surgery with respect to their respective analgesic efficacy and undesired side effect of hemidiaphragm palsy. Primary outcomes of the study are postoperative pain score evaluated by the 100mm-visual analogue scale and morphine consumption, and diaphragm excursion assessed with ultrasonography, while the secondary outcomes include patient reported outcomes assessed by Quality of Recovery-15 (QOR-15) and Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI)


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 100
Est. completion date April 2024
Est. primary completion date April 2024
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 85 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - patients receiving arthroscopic shoulder surgery - patients with BMI between 18.5 kg/m^2 and 30 kg/m^2 Exclusion Criteria: - patients with age <18 and >85 - pregnancy - patients with severe organ failure: respiratory failure (FEV1 (Forced expiratory volume) /FVC (orced vital capacity)<70% and FEV1< 50%), heart failure (NYHA class III, IV), renal failure (eGFR<60ml/min/1.73m^2) - patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive lung disease - patients with arrhythmia - patients with ongoing infection - patients with chronic opioid use or substance abuse history - patients with coagulopathy

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Procedure:
Erector spinae plane block
Erector spinae plane block will be injected at the second thoracic vertebral level for patient undergoing rotator cuff repair surgery

Locations

Country Name City State
Taiwan National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei
Taiwan National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
National Taiwan University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

References & Publications (7)

Ciftci B, Ekinci M, Golboyu BE, Kapukaya F, Atalay YO, Kuyucu E, Demiraran Y. High Thoracic Erector Spinae Plane Block for Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery: A Randomized Prospective Double-Blind Study. Pain Med. 2021 Apr 20;22(4):776-783. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnaa359. — View Citation

Forero M, Rajarathinam M, Adhikary SD, Chin KJ. Erector spinae plane block for the management of chronic shoulder pain: a case report. Can J Anaesth. 2018 Mar;65(3):288-293. doi: 10.1007/s12630-017-1010-1. Epub 2017 Nov 13. — View Citation

Hussain N, Goldar G, Ragina N, Banfield L, Laffey JG, Abdallah FW. Suprascapular and Interscalene Nerve Block for Shoulder Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Anesthesiology. 2017 Dec;127(6):998-1013. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000001894. — View Citation

Kang R, Jeong JS, Chin KJ, Yoo JC, Lee JH, Choi SJ, Gwak MS, Hahm TS, Ko JS. Superior Trunk Block Provides Noninferior Analgesia Compared with Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block in Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery. Anesthesiology. 2019 Dec;131(6):1316-1326. — View Citation

Padua R, de Girolamo L, Grassi A, Cucchi D. Choosing patient-reported outcome measures for shoulder pathology. EFORT Open Rev. 2021 Sep 14;6(9):779-787. doi: 10.1302/2058-5241.6.200109. eCollection 2021 Sep. — View Citation

Shanthanna H, Czuczman M, Moisiuk P, O'Hare T, Khan M, Forero M, Davis K, Moro J, Vanniyasingam T, Foster G, Thabane L, Alolabi B. Erector spinae plane block vs. peri-articular injection for pain control after arthroscopic shoulder surgery: a randomised controlled trial. Anaesthesia. 2022 Mar;77(3):301-310. doi: 10.1111/anae.15625. Epub 2021 Dec 3. — View Citation

Stark PA, Myles PS, Burke JA. Development and psychometric evaluation of a postoperative quality of recovery score: the QoR-15. Anesthesiology. 2013 Jun;118(6):1332-40. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318289b84b. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Assessment of postoperative pain severity Postoperative pain severity evaluated by 100mm-visual analogue scale (0-100; 0 means no pain at all and 100 means the worst pain intensity) one hour and 24-hour after surgery
Primary Assessment of diaphragm movement after block performance Diaphragm movement evaluated by ultrasonography before surgery and one hour after surgery
Secondary Assessment of postoperative quality of recovery Postoperative quality of recovery evaluated by quality of recovery 15 (QoR-15) before surgery and 24 hours after surgery
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