Spinal Anesthesia With Articaine and Bupivacaine for Outpatient Lower Limb Surgery

April 18, 2007 updated by: Reinier de Graaf Groep

Spinal Anesthesia With 5% Articaine and 0.5% Bupivacaine for Outpatient Lower Limb Surgery. A Double-Blind Randomised Clinical Trial

The purpose of the trial is to compare two local anesthetics, articaine and bupivacaine for outpatient lower limb surgery. Onset and recovery times of sensory and motor blockade will be compared.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The purpose of the trial is to compare two local anesthetics, articaine and bupivacaine for outpatient lower limb surgery.

Faster onset and shorter elimination time favours a short-acting local anaesthetic for spinal anesthesia for out-patient lower limb surgery, e.g. knee arthroscopy, foot and varices surgery. Patients will recover faster and less complications will be expected.

Articaine is said to act faster and shorter than a low dose of bupivacaine. There are not enough data available to establish that articaine is as safe as and more effective by outpatient lower limb surgery than bupivacaine.

Spinal anesthesia with articaine will be compared to spinal anesthesia with bupivacaine in a randomized double blind clinical trial.

Endpoints are:

  • onset of sensory and motor block
  • maximum spread of sensory level
  • recovery from sensory and motor block
  • time to micturition
  • complications

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment

80

Phase

  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Netherlands
    • Zuid-Holland
      • Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, 2275 CX
        • Reinier de Graaf Groep

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age between 18 and 70 years
  • Patients planned for an outpatient lower limb surgery
  • Procedure under spinal anesthesia
  • Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Contra-indications spinal anesthesia
  • History of allergic reactions on amide-type local anesthetics
  • Length < 1.60 m or > 1.90 m
  • BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 or > 35 kg/m2
  • Pregnancy

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
recovery time from motor blockade

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
complications
onset of sensory and motor blockade
maximum spread of sensory blockade (30 min after spinal injection of anesthetic)
spread of sensory blockade after 1,5 hour
recovery time from sensory blockade
time to micturation

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Reinier de Graaf Groep

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Tessa Dijkstra, drs, Reinier de Graaf Groep

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 2006

Study Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 31, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 31, 2006

First Posted (Estimate)

June 2, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

April 19, 2007

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 18, 2007

Last Verified

April 1, 2007

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • METC-nr 06-010

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Clinical Trials on Spinal Anesthesia

Clinical Trials on spinal administration of articaine

Search Similar Trials

Sponsors and Collaborators

Medical Conditions

Drug Interventions

CROs by country

CROs in United Arab Emirates

Conditions

Rare Diseases

Drug Interventions

Dietary Supplements

Sponsor/Collaborators

Locations

3
Subscribe