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Status unknownNCT00213954Updated Feb 25, 2009

Ultrasound Guidance in Nerve Block Anaesthesia

An interventional study of ultrasound-guidance with echography in Anesthesia, sponsored by University Hospital, Strasbourg, France. Status unknown at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2009-02-25.

Sponsored by University Hospital, Strasbourg, France · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Feb 2009), so the status shown — last known as Active, not recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1,002
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Nerve block anaesthesia is wildly practised in France, avoiding general anaesthesia in a number of cases and producing excellent post-operative analgesia in trauma and orthopaedic surgeries. Even realised by experimented anaesthetists, 5-15% of failures and rare complications (such as vascular puncture, paresthesia, systemic local anaesthetic toxicity, epidural and spinal anaesthesia, neuropathy) are noticed. The aim of the study is the evaluation of an ultrasound-guidance technique in the four predetermined blocks and the incidence of their complications.

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Conditions studied

  • Anesthesia

Keywords

  • Nerve block anaesthesia
  • ultrasound-guidance
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In context

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Strasbourg, France is the lead sponsor of 966 studies on the registry; 342 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients aged 18 years and greater, scheduled for one of these blocks: interscalene, humeral, parasacral or lumbar blocks, for trauma or orthopaedic surgeries, who have consented to the study and are with social insurance registration

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Block's contraindications, treatment by verapamil or flecainide
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
1,002 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Other
    interscalene block

    Locoregional anesthesia selection

    Procedure: ultrasound-guidance with echography

  • Other
    axillary block

    Locoregional anesthesia selection

    Procedure: ultrasound-guidance with echography

  • Other
    lumbar block

    Locoregional anesthesia selection

    Procedure: ultrasound-guidance with echography

  • Other
    parasacral plexus block

    Locoregional anesthesia selection

    Procedure: ultrasound-guidance with echography

Interventions

  • Procedureultrasound-guidance with echography

    Locoregional anesthesia with or without ultrasound guidance practice

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Sensory and motor block quality

    Time frame: 15, 30 and 60 min after the block is performed

Secondary outcomes

  1. Complications

    Time frame: during the hospitalisation and by phone 1, 3, 6 and 9 months after the surgery

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Study locations

1 site
  • Unité d'Anesthésiologie et de Réanimation Chirurgicale, Hôpital de Hautepierre
    Strasbourg, 67098, France
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 25, 2009, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00213954
Lead sponsor
University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
First posted
Sep 21, 2005
Start date
May 2005
Primary completion
Mar 2009 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 2009 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 25, 2009

Study contacts

Laurence LE GOURRIER, MD
principal investigator · Unité d'Anesthésiologie et de Réanimation Chirurgicale, Hôpital de Hautepierre

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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