A pilot study comparing the effectiveness of peripheral nerve block in forefoot surgery for post-operative pain relief when administered at the beginning rather than at the end of surgery

Conditions: Post-operative pain control following forefoot sugery
MedDRA version: 14.0Level: PTClassification code 10056350Term: Pain managementSystem Organ Class: 10042613 - Surgical and medical procedures
Therapeutic area: Diseases [C] - Musculoskeletal Diseases [C05]

Registration Number: EUCTR2011-002935-24-GB

Lead Sponsor: The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Authorised-recruitment may be ongoing or finished

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

The first forty patients undergoing forefoot surgery by Mr Watson at The Princess Alexandra Hospital from July-September 2011 will be invited to take part in the study.
Are the trial subjects under 18? no
Number of subjects for this age range: 0
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 20
F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 20

Exclusion Criteria

There are no exclusion criteria.The first forty patients undertaking forefoot surgery by Mr Watson from July-September 2011 will be invited to take part in the study.We will only have a sample size of forty as this is a pilot study

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Main Objective: The main purpose of the study is to compare whether peripheral nerve block used in forefoot surgery is more effective for post operative pain management when used at the beginning rather than at the end of surgery.As this is a pilot study, my main aim is to understand the trends in the results to see whether it is worth doing a full randomised controlled trial. The study will also enable me to gain normative data so that the effect size can be guaged.;Secondary Objective: The secondary measures is to look at the total length of hospital stay and the amount of peri-operative analgesic requirement in the two groups.;Primary end point(s): To compare the mean visual analogue scale pain score of the each group and the level of variance.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Secondary end point(s): The secondary measures is to look at the total length of hospital stay and the amount of peri- operative analgesic requirement in the two groups.