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Status unknownNCT04176770Updated Nov 29, 2019

Comparaison of ESP Block and TAP Block

An interventional study of ESP Block and TAP Block in Post Operative Pain, sponsored by Mongi Slim Hospital. Status unknown at 1 site in Tunisia. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 99 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-11-29.

Sponsored by Mongi Slim Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Nov 2019), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
80
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 99 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study aim to compare the efficiency and the analgesic effect of Erector Spinal Plane Block versus TAP Block after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

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This study will include patients scheduled for laparoscopic cholecystectomy, ASA status 1 or 2. patients will be randomized in 2 groups to recieve post operative analgesia with -ESP block: bilateral injection of 20 ml of isobaric Bupivacain 0,375% in the paraverebral space T5.

or

-TAP block: bilateral injection of 15 ml of Isobaric Bupivacain 0,5%

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Conditions studied

  • Post Operative Pain

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Keywords

  • Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
  • Post Operative
  • 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 planned enrollment of 80 is close to the median of 75 across 4,344 interventional studies indexed under Pain, Postoperative.

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Lead sponsor

Mongi Slim Hospital is the lead sponsor of 37 studies on the registry; 5 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 to 99 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Adult patients
  • ASA status I or II
  • scheduled for laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • laparotomy
  • unplanned ICU admission
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    ESP group

    ESP block: bilateral injection of 20 ml of isobaric Bupivacain 0,375% in the paraverebral space T5.

    Procedure: ESP Block

  • Experimental
    TAP Block

    TAP block: bilateral injection of 15 ml of Isobaric Bupivacain 0,5%

    Procedure: TAP Block

Interventions

  • ProcedureESP Block

    ESP block: bilateral injection of 20 ml of isobaric Bupivacain 0,375% in the paraverebral space T5.

  • ProcedureTAP Block

    TAP block: bilateral injection of 15 ml of Isobaric Bupivacain 0,5%

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Post Operative analgesia

    Post operative analgesia assessed with Numerical rating scale (0=minimum, 10= Maximum)

    Time frame: 24 hours after intervention

Secondary outcomes

  1. post operative analgesic consumption

    Amount of Morphin needed for analgesia

    Time frame: 24 hours after intervention

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Study locations

1 site
  • Mongi Slim Hospital
    Tunis, 2046, Tunisia
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 29, 2019, 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
NCT04176770
Lead sponsor
Mongi Slim Hospital
Responsible party
Mhamed Sami Mebazaa (professor, head of the anesthesia and ICU departement, Mongi Slim Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Nov 25, 2019
Start date
Dec 1, 2019 (estimated)
Primary completion
May 30, 2020 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 30, 2020 (estimated)
Last update
Nov 29, 2019

Study contacts

Mhamed Sami Mebazaa, professor
Contact
msmebazaa@gmail.com
0021622252589
Asma Ben Souissi, Ass Prof
Contact
bsouissiasma@gmail.com
0021698336883
Mhamed Sami Mebazaa, Professor
principal investigator · Mongi Slim Hospital

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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