Overview

Study of A Long Lasting Local Anesthestic for Hand, Wrist or Finger Surgery

Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
2016-03-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
The purpose of this study is to compare Exparel, a new, long-lasting numbing medication and a shorter-acting nerve block to a traditional single-shot nerve block in patients having hand, wrist or finger surgery.
Phase:
Phase 4
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Jose Soberon, MD
Collaborator:
Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Treatments:
Bupivacaine
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- patients 18 years or older having hand, wrist, or finger surgery

- ability to understand and provide informed consent

- American Society of Anesthesiologists status I-III

- presence of a responsible adult caregiver for 48-72 hours after surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

- patient refusal or inability to provide informed consent

- true allergy, not sensitivity to local anesthetics, midazolam, fentanyl,
hydromorphone, propofol

- pregnancy

- hepatic or renal failure

- evidence of infection at or near the proposed needle insertion site

- any sensorimotor deficit of the upper extremity

- BMI greater than or equal to 35

- uncontrolled or severe pulmonary disease

- anticoagulant use (not aspirin or non-steroidal anti-inflammatories)

- chronic pain patients