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Rectus Sheath Block in Cardiac Surgery

ConditionsCardiac DiseasePostoperative Pain
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-85
SponsorIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

About this trial

This is a prospective, randomized study. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of post-surgical pain control of a type of peripheral nerve block, Rectus Sheath Block.

1. Does the rectus sheath block decrease opioid consumption postoperatively after cardiac surgery? 2. Does the rectus sheath block decrease VAS pain scores postoperatively after cardiac surgery? Study participants will be assigned to receive either rectus sheath block or no block.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Adults 18-85 years old

Scheduled to undergo cardiac procedures involving chest tubes

Male or female

Disqualifiers

ASA class V

Urgent or emergent surgery

Contraindications to administration of local anesthesia (e.g. local anesthetic allergy)

History of substance abuse or chronic opioid use

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Rectus sheath block

    Procedure/Surgery

    Participants will receive an ultrasound guided rectus sheath block with local anesthetic

Treatment groups

75 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Rectus Sheath BlockExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: No blockNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Opioid consumption

Amount of opioid consumption required postoperatively

Time frame
72 hours postoperatively
2

VAS pain scores

VAS pain scores (1-10, 1 being no pain and 10 being worst pain) recorded postoperatively

Time frame
72 hours postoperatively

Secondary outcomes

1

Length of stay in ICU

Amount of time spent in ICU postoperatively

Time frame
72 hours
2

Length of hospital stay

Length of time spent in hospital postoperatively

Time frame
72 hours
3

Time to extubation

Length of time requiring postoperative mechanical ventilation

Time frame
72 hours

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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