Serratus Anterior Plane Blocks for Rib Fractures in the Emergency Department - the SABRE trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Rib fractures; Thoracic trauma; Emergency medicine - Other emergency care; Injuries and Accidents - Fractures; Anaesthesiology - Pain management

• Registration Number: ACTRN12621000040864
• Lead Sponsor: iverpool Hospital

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-01-18
• Study Completion: 2022-06-13
• Last Update Posted: 9 August 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 210

Inclusion Criteria

All patients aged 16 years or older with clinical or radiologically proven rib fractures, and a clinician qualified to perform SAPB available at time of enrolment

Exclusion Criteria

- Intubated patients
- Patients who have a prehospital SAPB
- Pregnant women
- Patients transferred for urgent surgical intervention
- Moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (GCS less than or equal to 13)
- Major concomitant injury identified on imaging (including Femoral fracture, Pelvic fracture, Spinal fracture, Intra-abdominal visceral injury ± free fluid)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
A pain score reduction of two or more points AND have an absolute pain score of less than four out of ten (measured by a verbally administered numerical rating scale, or PAINAD score in patients with dementia)[Four hours from study enrolment]