Ultrasound-guided Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Blockade

University of Manitoba10 enrolled

Overview

Pain Clinic patients undergoing physiotherapy for rehabilitation often have arm freezing performed. The quality of physiotherapy is felt to be superior with good pain control. The quality of the freezing is felt to be better when it is done with ultrasound guidance. We are able to use less drug to achieve the same result. For this reason, we are doing a study to look at the level of freezing drug that accumulates in the body. We feel that the drug levels will be significantly different. We also feel that the time-to-peak drug level will be different than with traditional arm freezing procedures.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Pain

Interventions

LidocaineDRUG

Lidocaine, 5 mg/kg, via needle placed adjacent to brachial plexus with ultrasound, dosing separated by 1 week, 2 doses in total, one block will contain 5 mcg/kg of adrenaline

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 75 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * patients undergoing brachial plexus anesthesia as part of disease management who have consented to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindication to brachial plexus anesthesia * Informed consent not obtained

Locations (1)

Health Sciences Pain Management Centre

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Lidocaine drug level

Time frame: 40 minutes

Secondary Outcomes

brachial plexus block quality

Time frame: 30 minutes

Physiotherapy quality

Time frame: within 2 hours

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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