Preventing Chronic Post Surgical Pain After Limb Surgery

NCT02630498 | Terminated

• 1 other identifier: HSREB 105321
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 55
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

This is a non-randomized prospective study. Patients undergoing upper extremity and shoulder surgical procedures after trauma at SJHC and LHSC will be divided in to two groups. The first group will include those who receive a single shot brachial plexus (interscalene, supraclavicular, infraclavicular and axillary) block with or without general anesthesia. The second group will be the control group and include those patients who receive general anesthesia only, without any block whether due to the preference of patient or the surgeon

Conditions

Chronic Pain

Keywords

pain; surgical; brachial plexus

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Chronic Post Surgical Pain

  Upto six months

Study Arms (2)

study (first group)

EXPERIMENTAL

The first group will include those who receive a single shot brachial plexus block with or without general anesthesia.

Procedure: Brachial plexus block

Controlled (second group)

NO INTERVENTION

The second group will be the control group and include those patients who receive general anesthesia only, without any block whether due to the preference of patient or the surgeon.

Interventions

Brachial plexus block PROCEDURE

Patients receiving brachial plexus block for hand/arm surgery

study (first group)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Trauma patient undergoing orthopedic surgery for upper extremity or shoulder
• Age \>18 and \< 75 years
• Both males and females
• Understand English (reading, writing and speaking)
• Patient gives a written consent for being involved in this study

You may not qualify if:

• Patient with any sort of chronic pain including fibromyalgia
• Patient using opioids for \>90 days
• Patient who had an associated injury related to the trauma apart from that limb
• Patient who need more than one surgery to fix the problem
• Patient diagnosed with major depression
• Failed or partially effective block
• Bilateral surgical intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

• London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's: lead

Study Sites (2)

St. Joseph's Hospital

London, Ontario, N6A 4V2, Canada

Location

LHSC, SJHC, Western University

London, Ontario, N6A 5A5, Canada

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Chronic Pain; Pain

Interventions

Brachial Plexus Block

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Nerve Block; Anesthesia, Conduction; Anesthesia; Anesthesia and Analgesia

Study Officials

• Shalini Dhir, FRCPC

  LHSC

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: AssociateProfessor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 11, 2015
• First Posted: December 15, 2015
• Study Start: August 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2018
• Study Completion: February 1, 2018
• Last Updated: September 27, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (2)