Is Regional Anesthesia of the Hip Preferable Over Traditional Analgesia in the Acute Stage of the Management of Patients With a Fracture of the Hip

Phase 4

Terminated

• Conditions: Hip Fractures
• Interventions: Drug: Natrium chloride; Drug: Ropivacaine

• Registration Number: NCT01593319
• Lead Sponsor: Landstinget i Värmland

Brief Summary

The main hypothesis of the study is that anaesthesia of the hip using infiltration with a local anesthetic solution is preferable over traditional analgesia with oral opioid medications in the acute stage of the management of patients with a fracture of the hip.

To study the hypothesis the investigators designed a prospective randomised study where patients are assigned in two groups, the first receiving local hip anesthesia and the other placebo treatment. Both groups are eligible to use of standard oral pain treatment.

Effect of analgesia as well as medical complications will be recorded.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-01
• Study First Submitted: 2012-04-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-05-07
• Study First Posted: 2012-05-08
• Status Verified: 2015-04
• Primary Completion: 2015-04
• Study Completion: 2015-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-04-17
• Last Update Posted: 2015-04-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 37

Inclusion Criteria

• fracture of the hip

Exclusion Criteria

• multiple fractures,
• delay (more than 12 hours) from the time of injury until admission to the hospital,
• local infections, hypersensitivity to local analgetics,
• cognitive impairment

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Natrium chloride	Natrium chloride	-
ropivacaine	Ropivacaine	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain	3 hours

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
medical complications (Number of participants that develop pressure ulcers, number of participants that develop pneumonia)	under hospitalization (expected average of 10 days)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ortopedkliniken, Centralsjukhuset i Karlstad; 🇸🇪 Karlstad, Värmland, Sweden