Trial of ultrasound guided nerve block therapy compared to usual medical therapy for relieving abdominal pain related to pancreatitis.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/07/044120
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Emergency Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Adults patients (>= 18 years of age) with pancreatitis (acute, recurrent acute and acute on chronic pancreatitis) presenting to the emergency department of AIIMS New Delhi with Defence and veteran pain rating scale >= 7
2.Patients willing to give consent.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patients with hemodynamic instability
2.Patients allergic to drugs
3.Local site infection
4.Spine deformity (both acquired or congenital)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the efficacy of successful pain relief (50% reduction in pain score by DVPRS from presentation or DVPRS â?¤ 4) in both arm at one hour in both ESPB arm and conventional pharmacological therapy (CPT) arm.Timepoint: at 6 hours 12 hours and 24 hours
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ï?§Pain score assessment at different time interval up to 6 hours or up to 24 hours if patient remains in ED <br/ ><br>ï?§Pain free interval in both arm <br/ ><br>ï?§Timing of rescue therapy and comparison between dexamethasone group vs non dexamethasone group in ESPB arm <br/ ><br>ï?§Drugs or procedure related adverse events in both arm <br/ ><br>ï?§Reasons for failure of therapy in both arm <br/ ><br>Timepoint: upto 6 hours after intervention or 24 hours if patient remains in emergency