Exparel and Ankle Surgery
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Official title
Exparel Use for Popliteal Nerve Block in Postoperative Pain Control; After Ankle Fracture Fixation or Ankle Fusion Surgery: a Case Series
Brief summary
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This study involves a drug called Exparel that has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), for application directly to wound sites. EXPAREL® is a long acting pain reliever. It is being given in this study to see if it provides safe and effective pain relief after ankle surgery. Because it is a long acting drug, it may lessen pain relief for as much as 72 hours after surgery. EXPAREL® has not been approved by the FDA for administration by popliteal block, which is the method the study doctors will use to give the patients the drug. Giving the drug by popliteal block involves inserting a small tube in to the back of the knee to deliver the drug. The study doctors wish to determine if patients undergoing ankle surgery and receiving this drug have less pain and less need for narcotic medication.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02072135
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 4 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 65 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
- Jan 31, 2014
- Primary completion
- Oct 31, 2015
- Completion
- Oct 31, 2015
- Last update posted
- Sep 22, 2016
2014 – 2015
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Hospital | Newark | New Jersey | 07103 | — |
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