Sternal Block With Liposomal Bupivacaine vs. Saline Prior to Incision in Cardiac Surgery
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2021-06-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The purpose of this study is to find out what effects (good and bad) that the study medicine
called "liposomal bupivacaine" has on subjects that are undergoing a sternotomy. Liposomal
bupivacaine solution, is a drug that the doctor will inject before they make the cut through
patient's breastbone (sternotomy). Normally pain medicine like this is given right before the
surgeon closes up the patient's breastbone, at the end of the surgery. For this study, they
want to see if giving the medicine before they make the cut into the patient's breastbone
helps their pain. They also want to find out if patients feel less pain after surgery with
the study drug than they do with saline and possibly decrease the need for pain medicine.
Subjects will be in the study for about 72 hours or until they are discharged from the
hospital.