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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03074097
Date of registration: 27/02/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Assiut University
Public title: Rectus Sheath Block: Postoperative Analgesia and Proinflammatory Cytokines
Scientific title: Effect of Rectus Sheath Block on Opioid Consumption and Serum Level of TNF-a and IL-6 After Radical Prostatectomy
Date of first enrolment: March 5, 2015
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03074097
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Prevention. Masking: Double (Participant, Care Provider).  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Egypt
Contacts
Name:     Waleed S Farrag
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Affiliation:  Assiut University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Male patients their age over 40 years, classified ASA I, II or III, undergoing radical
resection of cancer prostate, through midline abdominal incision under general anaesthesia.

Exclusion criteria:

Contraindications to rectus sheath block as patient refusal, coagulopathy, local infection
and allergy to bupivacaine. Planned transverse or oblique abdominal incision, extensive
existing midline abdominal scarring or pre-existing chronic abdominal pain.



Age minimum: 40 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Postoperative Pain
Intervention(s)
Drug: Bupivacaine 0.25%
Primary Outcome(s)
cumulative opioid consumption [Time Frame: 24 hours postoperative]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Numerical rating scale (NRS) [Time Frame: 24 hours postoperative]
serum levels of TNF-a [Time Frame: at 24 hours postoperative]
time to first anlgesic request [Time Frame: 24 hours postoperative]
Serum level of IL-6 [Time Frame: at 24 hours postoperative]
Secondary ID(s)
17100391
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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