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Study NCT ID: NCT03030950
Status: COMPLETED
Last Update Posted: 2019-01-15
First Post: 2017-01-19
Is NOT Gene Therapy: True
Has Adverse Events: False

Brief Title: Perineural Dexmedetomidine in Adductor Canal Block
Sponsor: Cairo University
Organization:

Study Overview

Official Title: Effects of Peri-neural Dexmedetomidine on the Pharmacodynamic Profile of Bupivacaine-induced Adductor Canal Block in Patients Undergoing Arthroscopic Medial Meniscectomy
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2019-01
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: This study is designed to explore the effects of peri-neural dexmedetomidine on the duration and motor sparing potentials of adductor canal block in adult patients undergoing arthroscopic medical meniscectomy in the setting of multimodal analgesia. The investigators ultimate goal is to increase the postoperative analgesic time and to preserve quadriceps muscle strength to promote safe and early ambulation.
Detailed Description: Peripheral nerve blocks using long-acting local anesthetics are commonly utilized as the sole anesthetic technique or as an adjuvant to general anesthesia for post-operative pain management. However, the duration of sensory block after single dose of long acting local anesthetics is not consistently sufficient to avoid the use of postoperative opioids. Many adjuvants were added to local anesthetics to augment the potency and prolong the duration of peripheral nerve blocks. Alpha-2 adrenoceptor agonists such as clonidine have been shown to increase the duration of peripheral nerve block. Dexmedetomidine is a more potent and selective α-2-adrenoceptor compared to clonidine. Peri-neural dexmedetomidine was evaluated in animal studies where it prolonged the duration of sensory and motor blocks of local anesthetics without any evidence of neurotoxicity for up to 14 days after initial administration. The effectiveness of perineural dexmedetomidine in augmenting the duration of sensory block of upper limb extremity blocks is based on good quality clinical evidence.

Arthroscopic knee surgery is associated with severe postoperative pain which could be adequately managed by femoral nerve block. However femoral nerve block has been associated with significant motor block and decreased quadriceps muscle strength which may delay ambulation and increase the risk of falling. More recently, adductor canal block (ACB) emerged as a selective motor sparing effective variant of femoral nerve block. Compared with baseline values, the adductor canal block reduces quadriceps muscle strength by 8%, versus 49% for the femoral nerve block. A recent dose finding MRI study reported that 20 ml of local anesthetic is the closest volume to the ED95 for adductor canal block with minimal proximal spread and an estimated success probability of 95.1% (95% credibility interval: 91-98%).

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: False
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: False
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: