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Phase 4, Controlled Study in Adult Subjects Undergoing Primary, 1-2 Level, Open Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03015961

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Official title

A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Study of EXPAREL for Postsurgical Pain Management in Subjects Undergoing Open Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery

Brief summary

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Primary Objective: The primary objective of this study is to compare postsurgical pain control following local infiltration analgesia (LIA) with EXPAREL admixed with bupivacaine HCl versus LIA with bupivacaine HCl in adult subjects undergoing open lumbar posterior spinal fusion surgery. Secondary Objectives: The secondary objectives of this study are to compare additional efficacy, safety, and health economic outcomes following LIA with EXPAREL admixed with bupivacaine HCl versus LIA with bupivacaine HCl in adult subjects undergoing open lumbar posterior spinal fusion surgery.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT03015961
Recruitment status
Terminated
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Lead sponsor
Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Industry
Enrollment
38 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
Feb 21, 2017 (Actual)
Primary completion
Oct 30, 2017 (Actual)
Completion
Oct 30, 2017 (Actual)
Last update posted
Oct 13, 2021

2017

United States locations

U.S. sites
15
U.S. states
12
U.S. cities
15
Facility City State ZIP Site status
OrthoArizona Gilbert Arizona 85295 —
St. Joseph's Hospital Phoenix Arizona 85013 —
UC Davis Sacramento California 95817 —
Massachusetts General Hospital Boston Massachusetts 02114 —
Beaumont Health Troy Michigan 48085 —
Washington Univ St Louis Missouri 63110 —
Icahn School of Medicine New York New York 10029 —
OrthoCarolina Charlotte North Carolina 28207 —
Ohio State Univ Columbus Ohio 43210 —
Thomas Jefferson University of Neurosurgery Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19107 —
Central Texas Spine Institute Austin Texas 78731 —
Baylor Scott & White Temple Texas 76508 —
Univ of Virginia Charlottesville Virginia 22903 —
Colonial Orthopaedics Colonial Heights Virginia 23834 —
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown West Virginia 26506 —

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