Analgesic Efficacy of Perineural Dexamethasone During Supraclavicular Block for Hand Surgery

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2013-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the addition of dexamethasone prolongs analgesia when added to long-acting local anesthetic during single-injection supraclavicular block for outpatient hand surgery.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Duke University
• Treatments: Analgesics; BB 1101; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone 21-phosphate; Dexamethasone acetate; Epinephrine; Epinephryl borate; Racepinephrine; Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients 18 years of age and older

• Patients scheduled for elective outpatient hand surgery with same day discharge at the Duke Ambulatory Surgery Center

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who refuse regional anesthesia

• Patients in whom peripheral nerve block is contraindicated

• Patients unable to sign/understand consent

• Patients with significant language barriers who cannot comply with data collection process

• Patients with known allergies to local anesthetics

• Pregnancy

• Chronic pain patients or patients requiring chronic opioid treatment

• Patients with a history of diabetes

• Patients with contraindication to steroid administration (allergy, chronic steroid use)