Efficacy of Subtenon's Block With Olive Tipped Cannula

• Sponsor: King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT01019018
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 120
• Location: 1
• Arms: 2
• Actual Duration (Months): 23
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 5.2

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of olive tip cannula to the standard Steven's cannula in performing subtenon's anesthesia for patients undergoing cataract surgery.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Cataract	Device: subtenon block; Device: subtenon block	Phase 4

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 120 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double (Participant, Care Provider)
• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Official Title: Efficacy of Subtenon Anesthesia With Olive Tipped Cannula: a Randomized Controlled Trial
• Actual Study Start Date: Nov 1, 2009
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Apr 1, 2011
• Actual Study Completion Date: Oct 1, 2011

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Active Comparator: Stevens cannula Subtenon with stevens cannula	Device: subtenon block; subtenon block with stevens cannula
Experimental: Olive tip Olive tip group	Device: subtenon block; subtenon block with Olive tip cannula cannula

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Measurement of Akinesia score [10 minutes after the block]

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Surgeon satisfactions score [At the end of the procedure]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 90 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient undergoing cataract extraction procedure under local anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients allergic to local anesthetic solutions.

• Presence local sepsis,

• Previous retinal or strabismus surgery in the same eye.

• Orbital abnormalities

• Previous subtenon's block in the same quadrant.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	king Khaled Eye Specialist hospital	Riyadh		Saudi Arabia	11462

Sponsors and Collaborators

• King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01019018
• Other Study ID Numbers: RP 0928
• First Posted: Nov 25, 2009
• Last Update Posted: Oct 21, 2021
• Last Verified: Nov 1, 2009

• Keywords provided by King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital: subtenon block
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Cataract

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Oct 21, 2021