Ultrasound Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) vs. Trigger Point Injection (TPI) for Abdominal Wall Pain
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Official title
Ultrasound Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane Block vs. Trigger Point Injection for Abdominal Wall Pain: A Randomized Comparative Trial
Brief summary
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Patients with chronic abdominal pain- with a component of abdominal wall pain- are often treated with trigger point injections. This study will help to determine if a block within the transversus abdominis plane (TAP) will provide superior analgesic benefit to a trigger point injection as therapy for these patients.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01906944
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 62 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
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
- Dec 31, 2011
- Primary completion
- Aug 17, 2019
- Completion
- Aug 17, 2019
- Last update posted
- May 13, 2020
2012 – 2019
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo Clinic in Rochester | Rochester | Minnesota | 55905 | — |
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- Last update posted May 13, 2020 · Synced Sep 8, 2026
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