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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12608000297325
ACTRN12608000297325
Not yet recruiting
Phase 2

The Analgesic Efficacy of Ultrasound Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) blocks compared with Placebo in Patients Undergoing Abdominal Surgery

Dr Elizabeth Hessian0 sites52 target enrollmentJune 16, 2008

Overview

Phase
Phase 2
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Analgesia in patients undergoing abdominal surgery
Sponsor
Dr Elizabeth Hessian
Enrollment
52
Status
Not yet recruiting
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
June 16, 2008
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Dr Elizabeth Hessian

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Age over 18 years
  • Elective or semi\-elective abdominal surgery requiring mid\-line incision

Exclusion Criteria

  • Patient refusal
  • Acute abdomen
  • A clinical history consistent with opioid tolerance including preoperative opioid consumption of longer than one week, intravenous opioid drug use
  • Preoperative use of opioid antagonists like buprenorphine and naltrexone
  • A clinical history of chronic pain, where patients may benefit from early commencement of agents like ketamine
  • Renal impairment with creatinine clearance less than 60 mL/min
  • Drug allergy or contraindication to morphine, ropivacaine, paracetamol
  • Anaesthetist preference for placement of central neuroaxial blockade/catheter
  • Surgeon refusal to placement of catheters
  • Inability of patient to use patient controlled analgesia pump post\-operatively or to understand grading of pain via verbal pain score

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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