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Status unknownNCT01429480TAPUpdated Sep 7, 2011

Comparison of TAP (Transversus Abdominis Plane) and Ilioinguinal/Iliohypogastric Nerve Block for Analgesia of Open Inguinal Herniorrhaphy

An interventional study of Preoperative Ultrasound Guided Ilioinguinal/Iliohypogastric Block and Preoperative Ultrasound Guided Posterior TAP Block in Pain, sponsored by Hillel Yaffe Medical Center. Status unknown at 1 site in Israel. Open to male participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2011-09-07.

Sponsored by Hillel Yaffe Medical Center · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Sep 2011), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
90
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Male
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Study summary

TAP was recommended by PROSPECT for further investigation as an appropriate analgesic method after open herniorrhaphy. Ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric nerve block is one of the oldest methods of analgesia. The researchers wish to investigate whether the TAP block is as effective as the ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric nerve block?

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Conditions studied

  • Pain

Keywords

  • Analgesia, postoperative
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In context

Lead sponsor

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center is the lead sponsor of 301 studies on the registry; 10 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
Male
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients undergoing elective primary unilateral open tension-free mesh inguinal hernia repair

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Inability to consent to the study
  • BMI more than 40
  • Skin infection near injection site
  • Chronic hepatic or renal failure
  • Peripheral neuropathy
  • Proven opioid dependency
  • Coagulopathy
  • Thrombocytopenia
  • Dementia
  • Lack of orientation
  • Impossibility to understand VAS
  • Patients suffering from chronic pain
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Investigator)
Enrollment
90 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    TAP Block

    Procedure: Preoperative Ultrasound Guided Posterior TAP Block

  • Active comparator
    II/IH Block

    Procedure: Preoperative Ultrasound Guided Ilioinguinal/Iliohypogastric Block

  • Active comparator
    Control Group

    Drug: Patient controlled analgesia

Interventions

  • ProcedurePreoperative Ultrasound Guided Ilioinguinal/Iliohypogastric Block
  • ProcedurePreoperative Ultrasound Guided Posterior TAP Block
  • DrugPatient controlled analgesia
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. postoperative pain

    Intensity of pain in rest and during movement at the operation day and 2 days postoperaive.

    Time frame: 2 days postoperatively

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
    Hadera, 38100, Israel
    • Anatoly Stav, MD · Contact · 972-4-630-4529
    • Anatoly Stav, MD · Principal investigator
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Stav A, Reytman L, Stav MY, Troitsa A, Kirshon M, Alfici R, Dudkiewicz M, Sternberg A. Transversus Abdominis Plane Versus Ilioinguinal and Iliohypogastric Nerve Blocks for Analgesia Following Open Inguinal Herniorrhaphy. Rambam Maimonides Med J. 2016 Jul 28;7(3):e0021. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10248. PubMed 27487311 ↗

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 7, 2011, 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
NCT01429480
Lead sponsor
Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 7, 2011
Start date
Aug 2011
Primary completion
Aug 2013 (estimated)
Completion
Aug 2013 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 7, 2011

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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