Thoracic Epidural Analgesia or Four-Quadrant Transversus Abdominus Plane Block in Reducing Pain in Patients Undergoing Liver Surgery
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Official title
Randomized, Unblinded, Phase III Trial of Thoracic Epidural Analgesia Versus Four-Quadrant Transversus Abdominus Plane Block in Oncologic Open-Incision Liver Surgery
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03214510
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Lead sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Other
- Enrollment
- 101 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Bupivacaine Drug
- Fentanyl Drug
- Hydromorphone Hydrochloride Drug
- Implanted Medical Device Device
- Liposomal Bupivacaine Drug
- Questionnaire Behavioral
Drug · Device · Behavioral
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
- Oct 3, 2017
- Primary completion
- Jul 30, 2026
- Completion
- Jul 30, 2026
- Last update posted
- Mar 4, 2026
2017 – 2026
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M D Anderson Cancer Center | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
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- What this page does not do
- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Mar 4, 2026 · Synced Jun 25, 2026
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