Comparison of the Bilateral TAP Block Versus Curare in Muscle Relaxation of the Abdominal Wall During Laparoscopic Digestive Surgery: Prospective Randomized Study

November 17, 2025 updated by: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens

Comparison of the Bilateral Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block Versus Curare in Muscle Relaxation of the Abdominal Wall During Laparoscopic Digestive Surgery: Prospective Randomized Study

This is a Biomedical Research, prospective, randomized, controlled single-blind mono centric, phase IV comparison trial of the bilateral TAP block versus curare in muscle relaxation of the abdominal wall during laparoscopic digestive surgery.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

60

Phase

  • Phase 4

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

  • France
    • Picardie
      • Amiens, Picardie, France, 80054
        • CHU Amiens

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 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients older than 18 years and under 75 years
  • Informed consent signed
  • ASA I, II and III
  • Patient affiliated to social security

Exclusion Criteria:

  • ASA IV

    • BMI> 35 kg / m
    • Personal or family history of malignant hyperthermia
    • History of allergy or hypersensitivity to intravenous anesthetics (remifentanil), local anesthetics or muscle relaxants
    • Contraindications to sevoflurane: a history of malignant hyperthermia, history of liver disease after sevoflurane anesthesia, halogenated agents or hypersensitivity to any of these components.
    • Contraindications to succinylcholine: hyperkalemia, plasma cholinesterase deficiency nickname, para or tetraplegia more than 24 hours, burns over 24
    • Contraindications to cisatracurium: myasthenia
    • Neuromuscular diseases
    • Contraindications to local anesthetics: hypersensitivity to local anesthetics of the amide, intravenous regional anesthesia, porphyria, ventricular atrial conduction disturbances, epilepsy uncontrolled by treatment
    • Pregnancy and lactation
    • severe coagulation disorders
    • Inability to understand and give informed consent
    • Patient under guardianship, curatorship or protected
    • Indication of use of a hypnotic ketamine (BIS change)

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: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: TAP
Drug: Transversus Abdominis Plane
PIA coelioscopic
Active Comparator: curare
Patients will be randomized into two parallel groups. One group will receive curare, another benefit of a bilateral TAP block
Drug: Curare
IAP coelioscopic

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Muscle relaxation.
Time Frame: 20 minutes after anesthesia induction
Muscle relaxation of the abdominal wall will be evaluated based on the amount of volume infused initially to create the pneumoperitoneum. This parameter is given by the unit of laparoscopy and allow us to calculate the abdominal compliance (C = ΔV / Ap).
20 minutes after anesthesia induction

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens

Investigators

  • Study Director: Hervé DUPONT, PU-PH, CHU Amiens France

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 25, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 26, 2012

First Posted (Estimated)

June 27, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

November 19, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 17, 2025

Last Verified

November 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • PI2012_843_0007
  • 2012-000673-23 (EudraCT Number)

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