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NCT00876681
Ultrasound Guidance Versus Electrical Stimulation for Continuous Popliteal-Sciatic Nerve Blocks: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
Phase 4 trial testing Popliteal catheter placed via ultrasound or electrical stimulation in Postoperative Pain in 80 participants. Completed in 1 April 2009.
1 April 2009
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | University of California, San Diego |
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| Phase | Phase 4 |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 80 |
| Start date | 1 April 2008 |
| Primary completion | 1 April 2009 |
| Estimated completion | 1 April 2009 |
| Sites | 1 location across United States |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Popliteal catheter placed via ultrasound or electrical stimulation
Conditions studied
- Postoperative Pain — all drugs for Postoperative Pain →
- Foot Numbness — all drugs for Foot Numbness →
Sponsor
University of California, San Diego
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Postoperative Pain or Foot Numbness. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
What's being measured
Primary outcomes are the specific endpoints the trial is designed to prove or disprove.
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The primary outcome measurement will be the average pain in the three hours previous to a phone call the day following surgery as measured on a numeric rating scale (NRS, 0-10, 0=no pain, 10=worst imaginable pain).
Time frame: 3 hours on day following surgery
Sponsor's own description
Research study to determine if pain relief following foot and/or ankle surgery is influenced by the technique used to place perineural catheter. The catheters are placed using ultrasound-guidance or nerve stimulation and the method is selected at random using a computer program. This may help to determine if one of these methods is associated with an increased success rate and incidence of foot numbness during the infusion.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Comparative efficacy of ultrasound-guided and stimulating popliteal-sciatic perineural catheters for postoperative analgesia.
Mariano ER, Loland VJ, Sandhu NS, Bishop ML, et al · · 2010 · cited 32× · PMID 20700680 · DOI 10.1007/s12630-010-9364-7
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Verify against primary sources
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00876681 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of California, San Diego
- Last refreshed: 7 October 2009
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