Serratus Block Versus Paravertebral Block for Post Thoracotomy Pain Relief

• Sponsor: Sohag University (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT05300854
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 60
• Location: 1
• Arms: 2
• Actual Duration (Months): 19
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 3.2

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This double-blinded, randomized controlled study was done on 60 patients older than 18 years undergoing thoracotomy. Patients were allocated into two equal groups (30 patients each). Group S: Standard anesthesia in addition to SPB. II. Group P: Standard anesthesia in addition to PVB.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Post Operative Pain	Procedure: Standard anesthesia in addition to serratus plane block; Procedure: Standard anesthesia in addition to para-vertebral block	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 60 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Official Title: Serratus Anterior Plane Block Versus Paravertebral Plane Block for Post Thoracotomy Pain Relief: A Comparative Study
• Actual Study Start Date: Jan 1, 2019
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Jun 1, 2020
• Actual Study Completion Date: Aug 1, 2020

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Active Comparator: Standard anesthesia in addition to serratus plane block general anesthesia was given then ultrasound-guided serratus plane block	Procedure: Standard anesthesia in addition to serratus plane block; a US-guided SPB was performed after induction of general anesthesia with the patient lying supine.
Active Comparator: Standard anesthesia in addition to para-vertebral block general anesthesia was given then ultrasound-guided para-vertebral block	Procedure: Standard anesthesia in addition to para-vertebral block; Standard anesthesia in addition to para-vertebral block

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. prevention of post-operative pain [72 hours]

   reduction of visual analogue score

2. reduction of analgesic requirement [72 hours]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients more than 18 ys undergoing thoracotomy operation

Exclusion Criteria:

• morbid obesity (Body mass index > 40)

• impossibility of anatomical structures US identification in a satisfactory way

• opioids treatment before surgery or substance abuse,

• sepsis and/or infection at the puncture sites

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University	Sohag		Egypt

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Sohag University

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Eman Ibraheem Darweesh, lecturer of anesthesia and intensive care, Sohag University
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05300854
• Other Study ID Numbers: soh-Med-22-2-23
• First Posted: Mar 29, 2022
• Last Update Posted: Mar 29, 2022
• Last Verified: Mar 1, 2022

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: No
• Plan to Share IPD: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Pain, Postoperative; Anesthetics

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Mar 29, 2022