Local Anesthetic as Single Shot Versus Catheter in Patients Undergoing Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery
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Official title
Single Shot Liposomal Bupivacaine (EXPAREL®)/Bupivicaine) Versus Continuous Erector Spinae Plane Block Catheter in Patients Undergoing Video Assisted Thoracoscopic (VAT) Surgery; Single Center, Non Inferiority, Open Label, Randomized Trial
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04559347
- Recruitment status
- Terminated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Lead sponsor
- Poovendran Saththasivam
- Other
- Enrollment
- 45 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Liposomal Bupivacaine (EXPAREL®)/Bupivacaine Drug
- Ropivacaine (0.5% bolus followed by 0.2% infusion) Drug
Drug
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 9, 2020
- Primary completion
- Jan 9, 2024
- Completion
- Aug 6, 2024
- Last update posted
- Jun 11, 2025
2020 – 2024
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Packer Hospital | Sayre | Pennsylvania | 18840 | — |
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Jun 11, 2025 · Synced Jul 21, 2026
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