Ultrasound-guided Erector Spinae Plane Blocks

Early Phase 1

Completed

• Conditions: Rib Fractures
• Interventions: Procedure: EPSB for rib fractures; Drug: Ropivacaine

• Registration Number: NCT04916691
• Lead Sponsor: Mayo Clinic

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of using the ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane blocks to provide additional pain relief to patients with rib fractures in the Emergency Department (ED) and Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-05-15
• Study First Submitted: 2021-05-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-06-04
• Study First Posted: 2021-06-07
• Primary Completion: 2022-08-22
• Study Completion: 2022-08-22
• Status Verified: 2023-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-06-27
• Last Update Posted: 2023-06-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients 18 years old or older.
• Patients with one or more acute traumatic rib fractures.

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Exclusion Criteria

• Inability to position appropriately.
• Unconscious or heavily sedated.
• Patients who are critically ill such that care should not be delayed for regional anesthesia.
• Patients under the age of 18 years old.
• Vulnerable populations including prison inmates and pregnant patients.
• Overlying skin infection, wound, or dressing/equipment (i.e., Chest tube).
• Inability to visualize target anatomy or by ultrasound or anatomy prohibitive for other reasons to perform procedure successfully.
• Known or documented allergy to ropivacaine or other amide local anesthetic.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
EPSB for rib fractures	Ropivacaine	EPSB for rib fractures
EPSB for rib fractures	EPSB for rib fractures	EPSB for rib fractures

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Procedural success rate	12 months	Measuring the Number of successful ESPB procedures performed in the ED and ICU

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mayo Clinic in Rochester; 🇺🇸 Rochester, Minnesota, United States