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Status unknownNCT00518674Updated Aug 21, 2007

Local Anesthetics After Total Knee Arthroplasty

An interventional study of local infiltration analgesia in Postoperative Pain, sponsored by Hvidovre University Hospital. Status unknown. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2007-08-21.

Sponsored by Hvidovre University Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jul 2007), so the status shown — last known as Active, not recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
32
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The aim of this randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled study is to evaluate the specific role of injection of local anesthetic into the intra- vs. extraarticular tissues after toal knee arthroplasty.

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Conditions studied

  • Postoperative Pain

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Keywords

  • pain
  • local infiltration analgesia
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In context

Pain, Postoperative

5,093 studies on the registry are indexed under Pain, Postoperative; 1,140 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 32 is below the median of 75 across 4,344 interventional studies indexed under Pain, Postoperative.

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Lead sponsor

Hvidovre University Hospital is the lead sponsor of 295 studies on the registry; 21 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Able to give informed oral and written consent to participate
  • Able to speak Danish

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Treatment with opioids
  • Body Mass Index > 40
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator)
Enrollment
32 participants (actual)

Interventions

  • Procedurelocal infiltration analgesia

    local wound infiltration with 30 ml ropivacaine 0.2 % (60 mg)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Visual Analogue Scale pain score

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Publications

  • Andersen LO, Kristensen BB, Madsen JL, Otte KS, Husted H, Kehlet H. Wound spread of radiolabeled saline with multi- versus few-hole catheters. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2010 Mar-Apr;35(2):200-2. doi: 10.1097/aap.0b013e3181c7733d. PubMed 20301825 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 21, 2007, 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
NCT00518674
Lead sponsor
Hvidovre University Hospital
First posted
Aug 21, 2007
Start date
Jan 2007
Completion
Sep 2007 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 21, 2007

Study contacts

Lasse Andersen, MD
principal investigator · Hvidovre University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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