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Daily Single Shot Adductor Canal Block Versus Continuous Adductor Canal Block After Total Knee Arthroplasty

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Postoperative Pain
Interventions
Procedure: Single shot adductor canal block
Procedure: Continuous adductor canal block
Registration Number
NCT05727137
Lead Sponsor
Seoul National University Hospital
Brief Summary

This study will compare the analgesic efficacy of daily single-shot adductor canal block(ABC) versus continuous ACB after total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Detailed Description

Patients 19-75 years old, of ASA classification I-III scheduled for unilateral TKA, will be enrolled and randomized into two groups, single-shot ACB group and continuous ACB group. In both groups, participants will be administered a single-shot ACB immediately after the end of the operation. The single-shot ACB group will receive two separate single-shot ACBs, on the first and second postoperative day. A nerve block catheter will be placed in patients in the continuous ACB group, which will be connected to a patient-controlled analgesia pump until the second postoperative day. The primary outcome of this study is the average NRS pain score at rest from the end of surgery to 2 days after surgery.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
80
Inclusion Criteria
  • ASA classification I, II, III
  • Patients scheduled for unilateral knee arthroplasty
Exclusion Criteria
  • Anesthesia other than spinal anesthesia
  • Chronic opioid use
  • Uncontrolled diabetes of HbA1c>7.5
  • Neuromuscular pathology of the ipsilateral leg
  • Second-look knee arthroplasty
  • Inability to communicate (e.g. dementia)
  • Hypersensitivity to ropivacaine
  • BMI > 40
  • Pregnancy

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Single shot adductor canal blockSingle shot adductor canal block-
Continuous adductor canal blockContinuous adductor canal block-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Average NRS pain score at restfirst 48h after end of surgery

average of numerical rating scale (0: no pain, 10: worst imaginable pain) pain scores from 8 time points during 48h (+4h, +8h, +12h from end of surgery, 6AM, 2PM, 10PM of postoperative day 1, and 6AM and 2PM of postoperative day 2)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Strengh of quadratus femoris muscle (unit: kgf)at 2PM on postoperative day 1 and 2
NRS pain score at rest at 10PM on postoperative day 110PM on postoperative day 1
numerical rating scale (0: no pain, 10: worst imaginable pain) pain score at rest at +4h from end of surgery+4h from end of surgery
numerical rating scale (0: no pain, 10: worst imaginable pain) pain score during movement at +4h from end of surgery+4h from end of surgery
NRS pain score at rest at +8h from end of surgery+8h from end of surgery
numerical rating scale (0: no pain, 10: worst imaginable pain) pain score during movement at +8h from end of surgery+8h from end of surgery
numerical rating scale (0: no pain, 10: worst imaginable pain) pain score at rest at +12h from end of surgery+12h from end of surgery
numerical rating scale (0: no pain, 10: worst imaginable pain) pain score during movement at +12h from end of surgery+12h from end of surgery
Incidence of falls during hospital stayfrom end of surgery to 48h after surgery
numerical rating scale (0: no pain, 10: worst imaginable pain) pain score at rest at 6AM on postoperative day 16AM on postoperative day 1
numerical rating scale (0: no pain, 10: worst imaginable pain) pain score during movement at 6AM on postoperative day 16AM on postoperative day 1
NRS pain score at rest at 2PM on postoperative day 12PM on postoperative day 1
numerical rating scale (0: no pain, 10: worst imaginable pain) pain score during movement at 10PM on postoperative day 110PM on postoperative day 1
numerical rating scale (0: no pain, 10: worst imaginable pain) pain score during movement at 2PM on postoperative day 22PM on postoperative day 2
Postoperative range of motion of knee jointat 2PM on postoperative day 1 and 2
NRS pain score during movement at 2PM on postoperative day 12PM on postoperative day 1
numerical rating scale (0: no pain, 10: worst imaginable pain) pain score at rest at 6AM on postoperative day 26AM on postoperative day 2
NRS pain score during movement at 6AM on postoperative day 26AM on postoperative day 2
numerical rating scale (0: no pain, 10: worst imaginable pain) pain score at rest at 2PM on postoperative day 22PM on postoperative day 2
Posteoperative opioid administration in morphine equivalentsfrom end of surgery to 48h after surgery
Incidence of catheter tip dislocationat 2PM on postoperative day 1 and 2

The catheter tip is considered to be dislocated if the catheter tip is located outside the adductor canal

Incidence of extravasation from catheter insertion siteat 2PM on postoperative day 1 and 2
Incidence of sleep disturbance due to painfrom end of surgery to postoperative day 2
Incidence of numbness of anterior thigh areaat 2PM on postoperative day 1 and 2

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Seoul National University Hospital

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Seoul, Korea, Republic of

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