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The purpose of this study is to determine if using a different type of injection of local anesthestic (pain medicine) in between the muscle layers of the abdominal wall (called a quadratus lumborum block) will improve pain control and be easier to manage after surgery than the current standard of care epidural (spinal injection) pain relief for patients undergoing laparoscopy colectomy.


Clinical Trial Description

Participants in this study will receive exparel via an abdominal muscle nerve block procedure immediately prior to their operation. Participants will be in this study for 96 hours following surgery, which is typically 3 days. During participation, the study staff will review participant's electronic health records for pain scores and pain medication needs. Participants that receive the quadratus lumborum block, may experience improved pain control and/or reduced side effects compared to the epidural pain relief option, but it is not known yet whether this will be the case. The most common risk is being sore in the flank where the block was placed. Other risks of the block rarely occur (less than .5-1%), these can include infection, allergy to the local anesthetic, bleeding, damage to the nerve, seizures, abnormal heart rhythms, and cardiac arrest. ;


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NCT number NCT03827291
Study type Interventional
Source Duke University
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Status Completed
Phase Phase 4
Start date October 31, 2019
Completion date December 9, 2022

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