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Bupivacaine Effectiveness and Safety in SABER® Trial

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01052012

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Official title

Bupivacaine Effectiveness and Safety in SABER Trial (BESST)

Brief summary

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This is a research study testing SABER-Bupivacaine (an experimental pain-relieving medication). SABER-Bupivacaine is designed to continuously deliver bupivacaine, a common local anesthetic, for a few days in order to treat local post-surgical pain. The purpose of this study is to investigate safety (side effects) associated with the use of SABER-Bupivacaine and how well it works in reducing pain and opioid-related side effects following various kinds of abdominal surgeries.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT01052012
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Lead sponsor
Durect
Industry
Enrollment
331 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Nov 30, 2009
Primary completion
Aug 31, 2011
Completion
Aug 31, 2011
Last update posted
May 31, 2021

2009 – 2011

United States locations

U.S. sites
22
U.S. states
13
U.S. cities
21
Facility City State ZIP Site status
DURECT Study Site Birmingham Alabama 35209
DURECT Study Site Florence Alabama 35630
DURECT Study Site Mobile Alabama 36608
DURECT Study Site Mobile Alabama 36617
DURECT Study Site Montgomery Alabama 36106
DURECT Study Site Sheffield Alabama 35660
DURECT Study Site Arcadia California 91007
DURECT Study Site Fontana California 92335
DURECT Study Site Laguna Hills California 92653
DURECT Study Site Pasadena California 91105
DURECT Study Site Tampa Florida 33606
DURECT Study Site Powder Springs Georgia 30127
DURECT Study Site Indianapolis Indiana 46206
DURECT Study Site Boston Massachusetts 02135
DURECT Study Site Troy Michigan 48085
DURECT Study Site Duluth Minnesota 55805
DURECT Study Site New York New York 10016
DURECT Study Site Durham North Carolina 27710
DURECT Study Site Columbus Ohio 43210
DURECT Study Site Hershey Pennsylvania 17033
DURECT Study Site Houston Texas 77024
DURECT Study Site Temple Texas 77375

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Non-U.S. locations

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