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NCT06975735: Tapblock
Does the TAP Block Work Better Than the TFP Block for Relieving Pain
NA trial testing TAP Plane Block in Pain in 108 participants. Completed in 18 December 2025.
15 December 2025
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | TC Erciyes University |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | crossover |
| Masking | double |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 108 |
| Start date | 25 May 2025 |
| Primary completion | 15 December 2025 |
| Estimated completion | 18 December 2025 |
| Sites | 1 location across Turkey (Türkiye) |
Drugs / interventions tested
- TAP Plane Block
- TFP Block
Conditions studied
- Pain — all drugs for Pain →
Sponsor
TC Erciyes University
Who can join
Adults 18 to 70, male only, with Pain. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Regional anesthetics, nerve blocks, and interfascial blocks are becoming more common in many types of surgery to help with pain after surgery. Most clinicians concur with the importance of reducing postoperative pain scores and facilitating early discharge. The transversalis fascia plane block (TFP) and transversus abdominis plane block (TA), which are done from the side of the abdomen, have been proven to be very useful in surgeries related to women's health, weight loss, and the colon. Research on the effectiveness of both procedures in robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomies (RALP) is insufficient. The aim was to see if using a transversalis fascia plane block (TFP) or a transversus abdominal plane (TAP) block with 0.25% bupivacaine helped reduce pain, speed up recovery, and shorten hospital stays for men undergoing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RALP).
Publications & conference data
No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06975735 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by TC Erciyes University
- Last refreshed: 24 December 2025
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