NCT02570022

Brief Summary

This is a randomized, single blinded, standard of care controlled clinical trial. All adult patients over eighteen desiring shoulder arthroplasty will be eligible. The study compares pain control and opioid consumption in patients undergoing shoulder arthroplasty between patients receiving liposomal bupivacaine and those who underwent a preoperative inter-scalene nerve block.

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
57

participants targeted

Target at P25-P50 for phase_4 pain

Timeline
Completed

Started Oct 2014

Typical duration for phase_4 pain

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

October 1, 2014

Completed
1 year until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

October 5, 2015

Completed
2 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

October 7, 2015

Completed
7 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

May 1, 2016

Completed
1 month until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

June 1, 2016

Completed
4 months until next milestone

Results Posted

Study results publicly available

October 13, 2016

Completed
Last Updated

October 13, 2016

Status Verified

August 1, 2016

Enrollment Period

1.6 years

First QC Date

October 5, 2015

Results QC Date

June 8, 2016

Last Update Submit

August 17, 2016

Conditions

Keywords

Pain controlliposomal bupivacaineexparelshoulder arthroplasty

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Pain Levels

    Patients recorded pain levels every four hours using Visual analog scales for four days post operatively. Average daily pain was calculated for each patient. Range of the visual analog scale was 0-10, where 0 indicated a lower amount of pain and 10 indicated higher amount of pain.

    four days postoperatively

Secondary Outcomes (1)

  • Morphine Equivalents

    four days postoperatively

Study Arms (2)

Liposomal bupivacaine

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients in this group received local infiltration of Liposomal bupivacaine before the end of surgery.

Drug: Liposomal bupivacaine

Inter-scalene nerve block

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Patients in this group received preoperative ultrasound guided inter-scalene nerve blocks by senior anesthesiologist using ropivicaine.

Procedure: Inter-scalene nerve blockDrug: Ropivacaine

Interventions

Local infiltration of liposomal bupivacaine

Also known as: exparel
Liposomal bupivacaine

Pre-operative inter-scalene nerve block

Also known as: Naropin
Inter-scalene nerve block

Ropivicaine was used for the inter-scalene nerve block.

Inter-scalene nerve block

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may not qualify if:

  • Patients will be excluded if their medical history presents known allergies or intolerance to dexamethasone, opioid or bupivacaine, substantial alcohol or drug abuse, and pregnancy.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Henry Ford Health System

Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

PainAgnosia

Interventions

Ropivacaine

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurologic ManifestationsSigns and SymptomsPathological Conditions, Signs and SymptomsPerceptual DisordersNeurobehavioral ManifestationsNervous System Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

AnilidesAmidesOrganic ChemicalsAniline CompoundsAmines

Limitations and Caveats

Use of the VAS, which is a simple one-dimensional analog rating scale, to assess the patients subjective pain level. Patient compliance is a limitation, with maintenance of pain dairies decreasing as time from surgery progressed.

Results Point of Contact

Title
Dr. Kelechi Okoroha
Organization
Henry Ford Hospital

Publication Agreements

PI is Sponsor Employee
No
Restrictive Agreement
No

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 4
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Who Masked
OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Sub-Investigator

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

October 5, 2015

First Posted

October 7, 2015

Study Start

October 1, 2014

Primary Completion

May 1, 2016

Study Completion

June 1, 2016

Last Updated

October 13, 2016

Results First Posted

October 13, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-08

Locations