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STALL vs Sole Local Wound Infiltration in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Cholelithiasis
Cholecystitis
Gallbladder Cancer
Interventions
Procedure: local trocar site ropivacaine infiltration
Procedure: single transversus abdominis laparoscopy-guided plane block
Registration Number
NCT06123117
Lead Sponsor
Helsinki University Central Hospital
Brief Summary

This trial is a prospective randomized superiority trial comparing sole ropivacaine based local trocar site infiltration to local infiltration combined with laparoscopic ropivacaine TAP block (STALL) in LCC.

There are only a few randomized trials comparing sole local anesthesia to additional laparoscopic TAP block in laparoscopic cholecystectomy and they have yet failed to show evidence in favor of TAP block.

We hypothesize STALL (Single Transversus Abdominis Laparoscopy-guided plane block combined with Local trocar site ropivacaine infiltration) is superior to local port site infiltration, provided that the sample size is sufficiently big.

The aim of this randomized study is to compare the efficacy of sole local anesthesia of trocar sites to STALL in LCC.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
850
Inclusion Criteria
  • All patients scheduled for elective or emergency LCC, aged over 18 and able to give an informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Age under 18 years, chronic daily opioid and/or pain tolerance / pain threshold -modifying medication use (abuse), pregnancy, known allergy to local anesthetics, diagnosed severe coagulopathy and incapability to give informed consent for whatever reason.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Daycare: local onlylocal trocar site ropivacaine infiltrationLocal ropivacaine infiltration only. Daycare patients.
Emergency: local onlylocal trocar site ropivacaine infiltrationLocal ropivacaine infiltration only. Emergency patients.
Daycare: STALLlocal trocar site ropivacaine infiltrationLocal ropivacaine infiltration + laparoscopically controlled TAP (transversus abdominis plane block). Daycare patients.
Emergency: STALLsingle transversus abdominis laparoscopy-guided plane blockLocal ropivacaine infiltration + laparoscopically controlled TAP. Emergency patients.
In-patient: STALLsingle transversus abdominis laparoscopy-guided plane blockLocal ropivacaine infiltration + laparoscopically controlled TAP. In-patient surgery.
Emergency: STALLlocal trocar site ropivacaine infiltrationLocal ropivacaine infiltration + laparoscopically controlled TAP. Emergency patients.
Daycare: STALLsingle transversus abdominis laparoscopy-guided plane blockLocal ropivacaine infiltration + laparoscopically controlled TAP (transversus abdominis plane block). Daycare patients.
In-patient: STALLlocal trocar site ropivacaine infiltrationLocal ropivacaine infiltration + laparoscopically controlled TAP. In-patient surgery.
In-patient: local onlylocal trocar site ropivacaine infiltrationLocal ropivacaine infiltration only. In-patient surgery.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
cumulative opioid consumption during the stay at the recoveryduration of stay at the recovery (estimated 1-4 hours)

all groups; mg, morphine equivalent

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
cumulative opioid consumption (emergency and inpatient surgery)while admitted; est. 2 days

mg, morphine equivalent

maximum NRS score during the day of surgery, after discharge (daycare / outpatient)30 min after surgery, every 60 min afterwards; 2 days

NRS (Numerical Rating Scale): 0-10

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Jorvi hospital / HUS

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Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

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