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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT01577940
Date of registration: 21/11/2011
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen
Public title: Method Study: Bilateral TAP Block With 24 Hours Infusion
Scientific title: Method Study of Bilateral Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block With 24 Hours Infusion. Extent of Sensory Block, Analgetic Effect and Lung Function in Healthy Volunteers
Date of first enrolment: January 2011
Target sample size: 8
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01577940
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Denmark
Contacts
Name:     Pernille L Petersen, MD
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Affiliation:  HOC, anesthesiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- age between 18 and 30 years

- written consent

- ASA 1

- BMI between 18 and 25

- males

Exclusion Criteria:

- unable to communicate in Danish

- relevant drug allergy

- alcohol or/and drug abuse

- daily intake of prescription pain medication the last 4 weeks

- pain medication in the last 48 hours

- previously operated abdominal



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 30 Years
Gender: Male
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Postoperative Pain
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Infusion of ropivacaine
Procedure: Infusion of saline
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in extend of sensory block from baseline (pre block) to 24 hours post block, based on 6 measurements [Time Frame: -15 min., 1, 4, 8, 12 and 24 hours following TAP block]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Long Thermal stimulation (abdomen) [Time Frame: -15 min., 1, 4, 8, 12 and 24 hours following TAP block]
Lung function [Time Frame: -15 min., 1, 4, 8, 12 and 24 hours following TAP block]
Heat pain detection threshold (abdomen) [Time Frame: -15 min., 1, 4, 8, 12 and 24 hours following TAP block]
Heat pain detection threshold (dominant forearm) [Time Frame: -15 min., 1, 4, 8, 12 and 24 hours following TAP block]
Secondary ID(s)
SM1-PLP-11
2011-005118-13
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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