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Comparison of Pericapsular Nerve Group (PENG) Block With a Combined Femoral and Sciatic Nerve Block for Postoperative Analgesia in Secondary Total Hip Arthroplasty; (REVPET)

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Hip Arthroplasty Replacement
Post Operative Analgesia
Post Operative Pain, Acute
Interventions
Drug: Pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block with 0.75% ropivacaine guided by ultrasound
Drug: Femoral nerve block with 0.375% ropivacaine guided by ultrasound
Registration Number
NCT07109388
Lead Sponsor
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Brief Summary

The aim of this clinical trial is to compare the analgesic effect of a pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block with a combined femoral and sciatic nerve block for postoperative analgesia in patients scheduled for secondary total hip arthroplasty. The primary objective of this study is to compare postoperative pain management between the PENG block and the combined block (femoral and sciatic) by measuring postoperative morphine consumption in each of the two groups.

Participants will be randomized into two groups. Patients assigned to the PENG group will receive a PENG block with ropivacaine, followed by a sham (sciatic) block, and spinal anesthesia with isobaric bupivacaine. Patients assigned to the combined block group will receive femoral and sciatic nerve blocks with ropivacaine, followed by spinal anesthesia with isobaric bupivacaine.

Detailed Description

This is a single-center, prospective, superiority, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group study.

Patients will be randomized into two groups of 25 patients each, for a total enrollment plan of 50 patients. After written informed consent, patients will be allocated to one of the two groups according to a computer-generated randomization list.

The nerve blocks will be performed using ultrasound guidance.

During the surgery, 0.15 mg/kg of dexamethasone IV, 1 g paracetamol IV, 30 mg ketorolac IV, and 40 mg/kg magnesium IV will be given for postoperative analgesia.

In the PACU, pain management will be provided as needed with 2 mg of IV morphine at ten-minute intervals for pain scores \>4. Once spinal motor block has resolved, the patients will be transferred to the surgical ward with a morphine patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump. The pump parameters will allow 2 mg boluses of morphine with a 10-minute lockout and a maximum dose of 40 mg in 4 hours.

Basal analgesia will be provided with paracetamol (1 g/6 h) and ibuprofen (400 mg/8 h). Ondansetron (4 mg IV) will be administered in case of nausea or vomiting.

A research assistant will conduct postoperative visits at 2 hours, 1 day, and 2 days postoperatively to record research data. Functional testing will be done on days 1 and 2 by physiotherapy personnel.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
50
Inclusion Criteria
  • Male and female patients
  • ASA (American Society of Anaesthesiologists) I-III
  • 18 years of age or older
  • Patients scheduled for elective secundary hip arthroplasty
  • Able to give written conformed consent autonomously
Exclusion Criteria
  • Refusal or inability to give consent
  • Allergy to any of: ropivacaine, paracetamol, ibuprofen, ketorolac, morphine, ondansetron or dexamethasone
  • Bleeding diathesis
  • Neurological deficit of the operative side
  • Existing preoperative opioid use
  • Renal insufficiency (GFR<30ml/min according to the Cockroft-Gault formula)
  • Hepatic insufficiency
  • Morbid Obésity III

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PENG groupPericapsular nerve group (PENG) block with 0.75% ropivacaine guided by ultrasoundPericapsular nerve group block
Combined nerve blockFemoral nerve block with 0.375% ropivacaine guided by ultrasoundCombined femoral and sciatic nerve block
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Cumulative postoperative morphine consumption at day 1Time Frame: 24 hours postoperatively

Description: total consumption in mg

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Morphine consumption in the recovery roomfrom admission till discharge from the recovery room, up to 2 hours

consumption in mg

PCA administered morphine consumption at day 2at day 2 postoperatively

consumption in mg administered by PCA

Rest and dynamic pain scoresAt 2 hours, day 1 and day 2 postoperatively

Visual Analogue Scale(VAS), 0-10

Incidence of postoperative nausea and vomitingat 2 hours, day 1 and day 2 postoperatively

Presence of nausea or vomiting in the postoperative period

Incidence of pruritusat 2 hours, day 1 and day 2 postoperatively

Presence of pruritus in the postoperative period

Incidence of urinary retention requiring bladder catheterisationfrom surgery till day 2 postoperatively

Urinary retention requiring catheterisation

Duration of analgesiafrom the time the study procedure is performed up to 36 hours after surgery

Time between study procedure and the first dose of iv morphine

Operated limb quadriceps strengthAt day 1 and day 2 postoperatively

Medical Research Council Manual Muscle Testing scale, 0-5

Walking testAt day 1 and 2 postoperatively

Maximum distance travelled (meters)

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