Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block in Acute and Chronic Pain Management in Hip Fracture Patients

Chronic Hip Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block in Acute and Chronic Pain Management in Hip Fracture Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02479828
• Other study ID #: 7533
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 2015
• Est. completion date: January 2018

Study information

• Verified date: March 2019
• Source: Asklepieion Voulas General Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study evaluates the effect of fascia iliaca compartment block (FICB) in the management of acute post -surgical pain in hip fracture patients and in the appearance of chronic post -surgical hip pain, by means of von Korff Graded Chronic Pain Scale -modified for hip pain in Greek.

Half of the patients will not receive fascia iliaca compartment block.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 198
• Est. completion date: January 2018
• Est. primary completion date: January 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 90 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• ASA I-III (American Society of Anesthesiologists classification)

• intertrochanteric fractures

• fractures of femoral neck

Exclusion Criteria:

• existing pain in hip Joint to be operated

• cognitive or mental disorder

• administration of analgesic drugs prior surgery

• contraindications of spinal anesthesia

• refusal to participate in the study

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Hip Pain
• Chronic Pain
• Hip Fractures

Intervention

Drug:
• Fascia iliaca compartment block
40 ml ropivacaine 0,5% injected under fascia iliaca using ultrasound
• Ropivacaine

Device:
• ultrasound

Drug:
• Placebo

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Greece	Asklepieion General Hospital	Athens	Voula

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Asklepieion Voulas General Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Greece, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Acute postsurgical pain after hip fracture surgery	Acute pain will be evaluated using the Numeric Rating Scale- NRS (0=no pain, 10= Extremely strong pain) at rest and in motion.	48 hours
Primary	Chronic postsurgical pain after hip fracture surgery	3 and 6 months after surgery the patient or patient's relative will be asked on telephone to complete Von Korff Graded Chronic scale modified for hip pain	6 months