Local Intraoperative Analgesic Injection Versus Single Injection Interscalene Nerve Block in Patients Undergoing TSA

February 24, 2016 updated by: Rothman Institute Orthopaedics

Local Intraoperative Analgesic Injection Versus Single Injection Interscalene Nerve Block in Patients Undergoing Shoulder Arthroplasty (TSA): A Randomized Trial

A non-blinded randomized controlled trial, in which participants undergoing primary reverse or total shoulder arthroplasty are randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups.

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

156

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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 and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. All individuals undergoing primary reverse and total shoulder arthroplasty by the shoulder service at Methodist Hospital or Rothman Specialty Hospital.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Psychiatric illness as defined by co-morbid diagnosis of bipolar disorder or schizophrenia
  2. Revision arthroplasty, arthroplasty for fracture
  3. Unable/unwilling to consent for enrollment
  4. Unable to complete postoperative pain survey
  5. Known adverse drug reaction or allergy to the medications used
  6. Chronic pain syndromes (including reflex sympathetic dystrophy, fibromyalgia, chronic diffuse musculoskeletal pain)
  7. Patients taking long acting narcotic pain medications (including extended release narcotic pain medications and methadone).
  8. Patients under the age of 18 years
  9. Patients with history of hepatic disease
  10. Pregnant women or women who are breastfeeding

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: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: interscalene brachial plexus block
Direct interscalene nerve block injection via brachial plexus
Active Comparator: Bupivacaine extended-release liposome injection
Infiltration of local anesthetic/analgesic, Bupivacaine extended-release liposome injection (Exparel) + Diluted in 40cc of Saline into the capsule, subscapularis, deltoid, pectoralis major and subcutaneous tissues.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Morphine and Morphine Equivalent consumption
Time Frame: 24 hours following surgery
24 hours following surgery

Collaborators and Investigators

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

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

December 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 22, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 24, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

March 1, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 1, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 24, 2016

Last Verified

February 1, 2016

More Information

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.

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