Comparing Local Anesthetics for TAP Block During Abdominally-based Free Flap for Breast Reconstruction
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Official title
Double-Blinded Randomized Control Trial Comparing Liposomal Bupivacaine and Bupivacaine Hydrochloride in Transversus Abdominis Plane Blocks Prior To DIEP Flap for Breast Reconstruction
Brief summary
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This study will compare the efficiency of transversus abominus plane (TAP) block using liposomal bupivacaine versus plain bupivacaine that is administered in the operating room under ultrasound guidance prior to the in patients undergoing abdominally-based free flap breast reconstruction at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03700970
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Enrollment
- 60 participants
Conditions and interventions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 85 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
- Jun 12, 2019
- Primary completion
- Mar 14, 2021
- Completion
- Mar 29, 2021
- Last update posted
- Jan 23, 2022
2019 – 2021
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville | Tennessee | 37212 | — |
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- Last update posted Jan 23, 2022 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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