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Aim of the study is to determine the presence and direction of electrocardiographical changes of cardiac repolarization after thoracic paravertebral block, depending on block laterality. Injection of local anaesthetic into paravertebral space (paravertebral block, PVB) temporarily impairs transmission in nerve fibers in proximity of the deposition site. In case of PVB covering the rami of upper thoracic spinal nerves, among the others thoracic sympathetic cardiac nerves are blocked, possibly affecting action potential time of heart, especially the repolarization, and the related electrocardiographic phenomena. The risk of life-threatening polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (torsade des pointes, TdP) is associated with certain electrocardiographical symptoms, like QT interval prolongation and increased transmural repolarization dispersion (TDR). Determining the presence and direction of cardiac repolarization changes after a thoracic PVB will allow to conclude about its impact on TdP risk: protective or, contrary, arrhythmogenic.


Clinical Trial Description

After obtaining written informed consent, 60 women above 18 years of age scheduled to elective breast surgery in combined regional and general anaesthesia will be enrolled to study, divided in two groups depending of the side of operation. Participants will undergo the ultrasound-guided paravertebral block with single injection of 0.5% ropivacaine (0.3 ml·kg-1, not exceeding 30 ml, based on ideal body weight in obese patients) without adjuvants. Before injection (T0) and after confirmation of sufficient sensory block area covering 1st to 4th thoracic dermatomes (T1), 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) will be recorded using a Holter device. First examination of sensory block distribution will be performed 6 minutes after injection, with subsequent examinations if needed - every minute up to 15 minutes. No sedative premedication, general anaesthesia induction or additional medications (except of neutral saline maintaining intravenous access) will be administered until completions of ECG recording. Both T0 and T1 electrocardiogram will be preceded by rest in supine position for at least 5 minutes, without any medical procedures other than monitoring. Cases with baseline QT or corrected QT longer than 440 milliseconds (ms) will be excluded from study. The QT interval and TDR (measured as time in milliseconds between ECG T wave peak [Tpeak] and end [Tend]) values obtained from baseline and post-blockade electrocardiograms will be statistically analyzed and compared between study groups. The minimum sample size was calculated as 26 cases per study group, assuming a change in corrected QT of 20 milliseconds from the baseline value, with a significance level of p=0.05 and a test power of 0.9. Sample size was expanded to 30 cases per group, due to anticipated exclusions at the stage of intervention or data analysis. ;


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NCT number NCT05822076
Study type Observational
Source Medical University of Gdansk
Contact
Status Enrolling by invitation
Phase
Start date February 2, 2023
Completion date June 2024

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