Retrospective Femoral Nerve Block Study

Other Reconstructive Surgery Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01293136
• Other study ID #: IRB11-00073
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 9, 2011
• Last updated: January 27, 2012
• Start date: February 2011
• Est. completion date: December 2011

Study information

• Verified date: January 2012
• Source: Nationwide Children's Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a retrospective review to evaluate the efficacy of femoral nerve block in providing analgesia following reconstructive surgery of the knee and to compare the postoperative course of patients who received femoral nerve block with a retrospective cohort who were cared for prior to the institution of a regional anesthesia program. The investigators hypothesize that femoral nerve blockade limits postoperative opioid needs, improves analgesia and facilitates discharge home when compared to intravenous opioid use following reconstructive knee surgery.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 400
• Est. completion date: December 2011
• Est. primary completion date: December 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients that had reconstructive knee surgery between July 2009 to the present.

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Retrospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Other Reconstructive Surgery

Intervention

Procedure:
• Femoral nerve block
Ropivacaine

Drug:
• Intravenous opioids
Whatever opioids prescribed

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Nationwide Children's Hospital	Columbus	Ohio

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Nationwide Children's Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Duration of hospitalization	duration of hospitalization and need for inpatient admission in patients who received femoral nerve block versus those who received intravenous opioids	1 Week	No
Secondary	Nausea and vomiting		1 Week	No
Secondary	Total opioid use		1 Week	No
Secondary	Postoperative pain score		1 Week	No