Infrapatellar Nerve Block for Post-operative Knee Arthroscopy Pain Control

Internal Derangement of Knee Clinical Trial

Official title:

Infrapatellar Nerve Block for Post-operative Analgesia for Knee Arthroscopy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01279447
• Other study ID #: STU00026632
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• First received: January 17, 2011
• Last updated: April 14, 2014
• Start date: January 2011
• Est. completion date: August 2013

Study information

• Verified date: January 2014
• Source: Northwestern University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve blocks are effective in decreasing analgesic use, promoting earlier mobility, and improving long term outcome scores after knee arthroscopy.

Description:

The purpose of this study is to determine whether infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve blocks are effective in decreasing analgesic use, promoting earlier mobility, and improving long term outcome scores after knee arthroscopy. Randomized, double-blinded, placebo controlled, study.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 68
• Est. completion date: August 2013
• Est. primary completion date: August 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• planned knee arthroscopy with soft tissue intervention

• age 18+

• English speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

• contraindications to nerve block: eg neuropathy, type 1 diabetes, coagulopathy

• knee arthroscopy with planned bony intervention

Study Design

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Internal Derangement of Knee
• Joint Diseases

Intervention

Drug:
• 0.25% Bupivacaine
10cc, single dose, US guided injection
• Normal Saline
10cc, single dose, US guided injection

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Olson Surgical Pavilion	Chicago	Illinois

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Northwestern University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (3)

Akkaya T, Ersan O, Ozkan D, Sahiner Y, Akin M, Gümüs H, Ates Y. Saphenous nerve block is an effective regional technique for post-menisectomy pain. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2008 Sep;16(9):855-8. doi: 10.1007/s00167-008-0572-4. Epub 2008 Jun 24. — View Citation

Arthornthurasook A, Gaew-Im K. Study of the infrapatellar nerve. Am J Sports Med. 1988 Jan-Feb;16(1):57-9. — View Citation

Lundblad M, Kapral S, Marhofer P, Lönnqvist PA. Ultrasound-guided infrapatellar nerve block in human volunteers: description of a novel technique. Br J Anaesth. 2006 Nov;97(5):710-4. Epub 2006 Sep 26. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Post op Pain Score	immediate postop pain score, Visual Analog Scale. Evaluates pain on scale from 0-10. 0=no pain. 10=maximum pain.	0 hours	No