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Last refreshed on: 25 May 2015
Main ID:  NCT02444260
Date of registration: 28/04/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: The University of The West Indies
Public title: A Trial of Local Anaesthesia Versus Local Anaesthesia and Conscious Sedation for Hernioplasty
Scientific title: Improving Patient Outcomes With Inguinal Hernioplasty - a Randomized Controlled Trial of Local Anaesthesia Versus Local Anaesthesia and Conscious Sedation
Date of first enrolment: December 2013
Target sample size: 180
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02444260
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Jamaica
Contacts
Name:     Pierre Leake, DM
Address: 
Telephone:
Email: Pierre-Anthony Leake
Affiliation: 
Name:     Pierre Leake, DM
Address: 
Telephone:
Email: Pierre-Anthony Leake
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Reducible inguinal hernia

Exclusion Criteria:

- Renal, hepatic, respiratory, cardiovascular, neurologic or psychiatric disease

- Body mass index < 18.5 kg/m2 or > 30 kg/m2

- Recurrent inguinal hernias

- Bilateral inguinal hernias

- Large inguinoscrotal hernias

- Incarcerated hernia

- Allergies to local anaesthetic and sedative agents

- Pregnancy

- Lactation

- Chronic pain syndromes

- Anxiety disorders

- Marijuana use

- Long term use of opioid or sedative agents



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Conscious Sedation
Anesthesia, Local
Inguinal Hernia
Intervention(s)
Drug: Intravenous Normal Saline
Drug: Lignocaine HCl
Drug: Midazolam
Drug: Bupivocaine
Primary Outcome(s)
patient satisfaction as assessed with the Iowa Satisfaction with Anesthesia Scale [Time Frame: 1 year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Frequency (total count) of postoperative complications using a questionaire [Time Frame: 1 year]
Post-operative assessment of physical activity using Activities Assessment Scale [Time Frame: 1 year]
change in postoperative pain score from baseline assessed with visual analog scale [Time Frame: 1 year]
Time to discharge [Time Frame: 2 weeks]
Operative time [Time Frame: 2 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
ECP342,12/13
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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