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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01380834
Date of registration: 22/06/2011
Primary sponsor: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Public title: Bilateral Paravertebral Blockade (T7-10) vs. Incisional Local Anesthetic Administration for Pediatric Patients
Scientific title: Bilateral Paravertebral Blockade (T7-10) vs. Incisional Local Anesthetic Administration for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: a Prospective, Randomized Clinical Study
Date of first enrolment: November 2010
Target sample size: 84
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01380834
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Mihaela Visoiu, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 412-692-5260
Email: m_visoiu@yahoo.com
Affiliation: 
Name:   Mihaela Visoiu, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  CHP of UPMC
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- pediatric patients scheduled for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general
anesthesia

- 8-17 yrs, female and male

- ASA 1, 2, 3

- more than 30 Kg

- BMI less than 36 (to calculate will use http://www.globalrph.com/bmi.htm )

- the patient must be able to self administer opioids via patient control analgesia
(PCA)

- the patient must be able to complete postoperative questionnaires for pain score,
pain type, location, patient satisfaction

- the patient will to be admitted for 24 hrs after surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

- patient refusal

- parental/guardian refusal

- history of coagulopathy, INR more than 1.5, platelets less than 100 000, PT , PTT
more than normal value, patient on Coumadin, heparin or low molecular weight heparin
( LMWH)

- local infection at the planned block site

- vertebral anomalies, (e.g. scoliosis)

- BMI more or equal 36

- patient unable to self administer medications via PCA

- allergy to dilaudid, oxycodone, acetaminophen, ropivacaine

- chronic opioid use

- current weight less than 30 kg

- acute pain (pain on day of surgery that requires pain medication)

- pregnancy test positive



Age minimum: 8 Years
Age maximum: 17 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pain, Postoperative
Intervention(s)
Drug: control group
Drug: treatment group
Primary Outcome(s)
opioids consumption via PCA [Time Frame: 12 hrs after the blocks were done]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Postoperative pain scores assessed using Visual Analog Scale ( VAS). [Time Frame: 24 hrs after blocks were done or until the patient is discharged]
Secondary ID(s)
PRO10060554
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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