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Lumbar Paravertebral Block vs Erector Spinae Plane Block in Elderly Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spine Surgery

20 de mayo de 2026 actualizado por: Poznan University of Medical Sciences

A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Analgesic Efficacy of Lumbar Paravertebral Block and Lumbar Erector Spinae Plane Block in Elderly Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spine Surgery

This prospective, randomized controlled trial aims to compare the analgesic efficacy of lumbar paravertebral block (L-PVB) and lumbar erector spinae plane block (L-ESPB) in elderly patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery. Effective postoperative pain management in this population is essential due to increased susceptibility to opioid-related adverse effects.

Participants aged 65 years and older will be randomly assigned to receive either bilateral L-PVB or bilateral L-ESPB in addition to standardized general anesthesia. The primary objective is to evaluate differences in postoperative opioid consumption within the first 48 hours after surgery. Secondary outcomes include pain intensity, intraoperative opioid use, time to mobilization, length of hospital stay, and incidence of opioid-related adverse events.

Descripción general del estudio

Descripción detallada

Lumbar spine surgery is associated with significant postoperative pain, particularly in elderly patients, who are at increased risk of opioid-related adverse effects such as respiratory depression, sedation, delirium, and delayed mobilization. Regional anesthesia techniques may improve postoperative analgesia and reduce opioid requirements in this population.

The lumbar paravertebral block (L-PVB) is a well-established technique providing segmental analgesia by targeting spinal nerves in the paravertebral space. The erector spinae plane block (L-ESPB), a newer interfascial plane block, has gained popularity due to its technical simplicity and favorable safety profile. However, comparative data on their effectiveness in lumbar spine surgery, especially in elderly patients, remain limited.

This study is designed as a prospective, randomized, controlled trial comparing L-PVB and L-ESPB in patients aged 65 years and older undergoing elective lumbar spine surgery under general anesthesia. Participants will be randomly allocated in a 1:1 ratio to receive either bilateral L-PVB or bilateral L-ESPB with a standardized dose of local anesthetic.

All patients will receive a standardized general anesthesia protocol and multimodal analgesia regimen. Postoperative pain management will follow a uniform protocol across both groups.

The primary endpoint is total opioid consumption within 48 hours after surgery, expressed as intravenous morphine equivalents. Secondary endpoints include intraoperative opioid consumption, postoperative pain scores at predefined time points, time to first mobilization, length of hospital stay, use of rescue analgesia, and incidence of opioid-related adverse effects. Exploratory analyses will include assessment of inflammatory markers.

Tipo de estudio

Intervencionista

Inscripción (Estimado)

120

Fase

  • No aplica

Contactos y Ubicaciones

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Estudio Contacto

  • Nombre: Tomasz Reysner, MD PhD
  • Número de teléfono: +48 (61) 831-01-22
  • Correo electrónico: treysner@ump.edu.pl

Copia de seguridad de contactos de estudio

Ubicaciones de estudio

      • Poznan, Polonia, 62-701
        • Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Criterios de participación

Los investigadores buscan personas que se ajusten a una determinada descripción, denominada criterio de elegibilidad. Algunos ejemplos de estos criterios son el estado de salud general de una persona o tratamientos previos.

Criterio de elegibilidad

Edades elegibles para estudiar

  • Adulto Mayor

Acepta Voluntarios Saludables

No

Descripción

Inclusion Criteria:

  • ge ≥65 years
  • Scheduled for elective lumbar spine surgery
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-III
  • Ability to assess pain using the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS)
  • Provision of written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Refusal to participate
  • Chronic opioid therapy
  • Coagulation disorders
  • Use of anticoagulant therapy contraindicating regional anesthesia
  • Infection at the planned needle insertion site
  • Allergy to ropivacaine or other study-related medications
  • Severe hepatic failure
  • Severe renal failure
  • Cognitive impairment preventing reliable pain assessment
  • Inability to cooperate with study procedures
  • Extensive reoperation or surgery of unusually large extent that may interfere with outcome assessment
  • Contraindications to general anesthesia or regional anesthesia

Plan de estudios

Esta sección proporciona detalles del plan de estudio, incluido cómo está diseñado el estudio y qué mide el estudio.

¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?

Detalles de diseño

  • Propósito principal: Tratamiento
  • Asignación: Aleatorizado
  • Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación paralela
  • Enmascaramiento: Doble

Armas e Intervenciones

Grupo de participantes/brazo
Intervención / Tratamiento
Sin intervención: General Anesthesia Alone (GA-only)
Participants will receive standardized general anesthesia and multimodal postoperative analgesia according to institutional protocol. No regional anesthesia technique will be performed.
Comparador activo: General Anesthesia + Lumbar Erector Spinae Plane Block (L-ESPB)
Participants will receive standardized general anesthesia combined with bilateral lumbar erector spinae plane block (L-ESPB) performed under ultrasound guidance. Ropivacaine 0.2% will be administered at a volume of 20 mL per side (total 40 mL). No adjuvants will be used. All patients will receive standardized multimodal postoperative analgesia.
Ultrasound-guided bilateral interfascial plane block performed at the lumbar level for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery.
Otros nombres:
  • Lumbar Erector Spinae Plane Block (L-ESPB)
Ultrasound-guided bilateral paravertebral block at the lumbar level targeting spinal nerves for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery.
Otros nombres:
  • Lumbar Paravertebral Block (L-PVB)
Comparador activo: General Anesthesia + Lumbar Paravertebral Block (L-PVB)
Participants will receive standardized general anesthesia combined with bilateral lumbar paravertebral block (L-PVB) performed under ultrasound guidance. Ropivacaine 0.2% will be administered at a volume of 20 mL per side (total 40 mL). No adjuvants will be used. All patients will receive standardized multimodal postoperative analgesia.
Ultrasound-guided bilateral interfascial plane block performed at the lumbar level for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery.
Otros nombres:
  • Lumbar Erector Spinae Plane Block (L-ESPB)
Ultrasound-guided bilateral paravertebral block at the lumbar level targeting spinal nerves for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery.
Otros nombres:
  • Lumbar Paravertebral Block (L-PVB)

¿Qué mide el estudio?

Medidas de resultado primarias

Medida de resultado
Medida Descripción
Periodo de tiempo
Total opioid consumption within 48 hours after surgery
Periodo de tiempo: 48 hours postoperatively
Total cumulative opioid consumption within the first 48 hours after surgery, converted to intravenous morphine equivalents.
48 hours postoperatively

Medidas de resultado secundarias

Medida de resultado
Medida Descripción
Periodo de tiempo
Time to first rescue analgesia
Periodo de tiempo: 48 hours after surgery
Time from completion of the surgery to the administration of the first dose of rescue opioid analgesic (in minutes).
48 hours after surgery
Postoperative pain intensity at rest (NRS)
Periodo de tiempo: 0 hours postoperatively
Pain intensity at rest assessed using an 11-point Numeric Rating Scale (NRS, 0 = no pain, 10 = worst imaginable pain)
0 hours postoperatively
Postoperative pain intensity at rest (NRS)
Periodo de tiempo: 2 hours postoperatively
Pain intensity at rest assessed using an 11-point Numeric Rating Scale (NRS, 0 = no pain, 10 = worst imaginable pain)
2 hours postoperatively
Postoperative pain intensity at rest (NRS)
Periodo de tiempo: 6 hours postoperatively
Pain intensity at rest assessed using an 11-point Numeric Rating Scale (NRS, 0 = no pain, 10 = worst imaginable pain)
6 hours postoperatively
Postoperative pain intensity at rest (NRS)
Periodo de tiempo: 12 hours postoperatively
Pain intensity at rest assessed using an 11-point Numeric Rating Scale (NRS, 0 = no pain, 10 = worst imaginable pain)
12 hours postoperatively
Postoperative pain intensity at rest (NRS)
Periodo de tiempo: 24 hours postoperatively
Pain intensity at rest assessed using an 11-point Numeric Rating Scale (NRS, 0 = no pain, 10 = worst imaginable pain)
24 hours postoperatively
Postoperative pain intensity at rest (NRS)
Periodo de tiempo: 48 hours postoperatively
Pain intensity at rest assessed using an 11-point Numeric Rating Scale (NRS, 0 = no pain, 10 = worst imaginable pain)
48 hours postoperatively
Postoperative pain intensity at during movement (NRS)
Periodo de tiempo: 0 hours postoperatively
Pain intensity at during movementassessed using an 11-point Numeric Rating Scale (NRS, 0 = no pain, 10 = worst imaginable pain)
0 hours postoperatively
Postoperative pain intensity at during movement (NRS)
Periodo de tiempo: 2 hours postoperatively
Pain intensity at during movementassessed using an 11-point Numeric Rating Scale (NRS, 0 = no pain, 10 = worst imaginable pain)
2 hours postoperatively
Postoperative pain intensity at during movement (NRS)
Periodo de tiempo: 6 hours postoperatively
Pain intensity at during movementassessed using an 11-point Numeric Rating Scale (NRS, 0 = no pain, 10 = worst imaginable pain)
6 hours postoperatively
Postoperative pain intensity at during movement (NRS)
Periodo de tiempo: 12 hours postoperatively
Pain intensity at during movementassessed using an 11-point Numeric Rating Scale (NRS, 0 = no pain, 10 = worst imaginable pain)
12 hours postoperatively
Postoperative pain intensity at during movement (NRS)
Periodo de tiempo: 24 hours postoperatively
Pain intensity at during movementassessed using an 11-point Numeric Rating Scale (NRS, 0 = no pain, 10 = worst imaginable pain)
24 hours postoperatively
Postoperative pain intensity at during movement (NRS)
Periodo de tiempo: 48 hours postoperatively
Pain intensity at during movementassessed using an 11-point Numeric Rating Scale (NRS, 0 = no pain, 10 = worst imaginable pain)
48 hours postoperatively
Interleukin-6 (IL-6) level
Periodo de tiempo: 12 hours after surgery
serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) level
12 hours after surgery
Interleukin-6 (IL-6) level
Periodo de tiempo: 24 hours after surgery
serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) level
24 hours after surgery
Interleukin-6 (IL-6) level
Periodo de tiempo: 48 hours after surgery
serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) level
48 hours after surgery
NLR
Periodo de tiempo: 12 hours after surgery
neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR)
12 hours after surgery
NLR
Periodo de tiempo: 24 hours after surgery
neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR)
24 hours after surgery
NLR
Periodo de tiempo: 48 hours after surgery
neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR)
48 hours after surgery
PLR
Periodo de tiempo: 12 hours after surgery
platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR)
12 hours after surgery
PLR
Periodo de tiempo: 24 hours after surgery
platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR)
24 hours after surgery
PLR
Periodo de tiempo: 48 hours after surgery
platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR)
48 hours after surgery

Colaboradores e Investigadores

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Investigadores

  • Silla de estudio: Katarzyna Wieczorowska-Tobis, MD PhD, Poznan University of Medical Sciences
  • Director de estudio: Małgorzata Reysner, Md PhD, Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Fechas de registro del estudio

Estas fechas rastrean el progreso del registro del estudio y los envíos de resultados resumidos a ClinicalTrials.gov. Los registros del estudio y los resultados informados son revisados ​​por la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) para asegurarse de que cumplan con los estándares de control de calidad específicos antes de publicarlos en el sitio web público.

Fechas importantes del estudio

Inicio del estudio (Estimado)

1 de junio de 2026

Finalización primaria (Estimado)

31 de julio de 2027

Finalización del estudio (Estimado)

31 de agosto de 2027

Fechas de registro del estudio

Enviado por primera vez

6 de mayo de 2026

Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad

20 de mayo de 2026

Publicado por primera vez (Actual)

26 de mayo de 2026

Actualizaciones de registros de estudio

Última actualización publicada (Actual)

26 de mayo de 2026

Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad

20 de mayo de 2026

Última verificación

1 de abril de 2026

Más información

Términos relacionados con este estudio

Otros números de identificación del estudio

  • 4/2026

Plan de datos de participantes individuales (IPD)

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Descripción del plan IPD

Individual participant data (IPD) underlying the results reported in this study, after de-identification, will be made available to researchers upon reasonable request. The shared data will include demographic data, intervention allocation, and outcome measures.

Marco de tiempo para compartir IPD

Data will be available beginning 6 months after publication of the primary results and will remain available for up to 5 years.

Criterios de acceso compartido de IPD

Access to the data will be provided to researchers who submit a methodologically sound proposal. Requests will be reviewed by the principal investigator. Data will be shared after approval of a data access agreement.

Tipo de información de apoyo para compartir IPD

  • PROTOCOLO DE ESTUDIO
  • SAVIA

Información sobre medicamentos y dispositivos, documentos del estudio

Estudia un producto farmacéutico regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.

No

Estudia un producto de dispositivo regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.

No

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