Is Regional Anesthesia of the Hip Preferable Over Traditional Analgesia in the Acute Stage of the Management of Patients With a Fracture of the Hip

Phase 4TerminatedNCT01593319

Landstinget i Värmland37 enrolled

Overview

The main hypothesis of the study is that anaesthesia of the hip using infiltration with a local anesthetic solution is preferable over traditional analgesia with oral opioid medications in the acute stage of the management of patients with a fracture of the hip. To study the hypothesis the investigators designed a prospective randomised study where patients are assigned in two groups, the first receiving local hip anesthesia and the other placebo treatment. Both groups are eligible to use of standard oral pain treatment. Effect of analgesia as well as medical complications will be recorded.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Hip Fractures

Interventions

RopivacaineDRUG

Local injection (fascia iliaca block) using 150 mg ropivacaine

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * fracture of the hip Exclusion Criteria: * multiple fractures, * delay (more than 12 hours) from the time of injury until admission to the hospital, * local infections, hypersensitivity to local analgetics, * cognitive impairment

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pain

Time frame: 3 hours

Secondary Outcomes

medical complications (Number of participants that develop pressure ulcers, number of participants that develop pneumonia)

Time frame: under hospitalization (expected average of 10 days)