Randomized Comparative Effectiveness Trial of Anesthesia/Analgesia Techniques for Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

NCT02773537 NA COMPLETED Results posted

The primary aim of this pilot study will be to develop a clinically meaningful, patient-centric, and pragmatic protocol to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of different strategies for achievement of the ideal balance between analgesia and functional mobility following total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Details

Lead sponsor	Medical University of South Carolina
Phase	NA
Status	COMPLETED
Enrolment	75
Start date	2015-10
Completion	2016-11

Conditions

• Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee

Interventions

• Femoral nerve catheter and sciatic nerve block
• Adductor canal catheter and selective tibial block
• Adductor canal catheter only

Primary outcomes

• Pain Measurement Via VAS (Visual Analog Scale) — 48 hours after procedure
  The primary outcome measure will be postoperative visual analog pain scale (VAS) score area under the curve (AUC) for 48 hours, recorded every six hours. Score Scale is 0 (no pain)- 10(most pain). A higher score corresponds to a worse outcome.

Countries

United States