Thoracic Blocks Versus Thoracic Epidural and Patient Controlled Anesthesia in Traumatic Rib Fracture Patients
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Official title
Comparative Effectiveness of Continuous Thoracic Paravertebral Blocks Versus Thoracic Epidural and Continuous Intercostal Blocks Versus Patient-Controlled Anesthesia in Traumatic Rib Fracture Patients
Brief summary
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The primary objective of this study is to investigate whether continuous PVB is equal in efficacy to epidural anesthesia in terms of analgesia in patients with INR lower than 1.2, or is continuous ICNB equal in efficacy to PCA in terms of analgesia, if patients have INRs equal to or greater than 1.2.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01599403
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 50 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Paravertebral Block Procedure
- Intercostal Nerve Block Procedure
- Epidural Block Procedure
Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 100 Years
- 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
- Mar 31, 2012
- Primary completion
- Jan 31, 2017
- Completion
- Jan 31, 2017
- Last update posted
- Feb 12, 2017
2012 – 2017
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham and Women's Hospital | Boston | Massachusetts | 02115 | — |
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- Last update posted Feb 12, 2017 · Synced Sep 8, 2026
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