Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 12:16 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 12:16 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03758261
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion criteria:
* Patients undergoing VATS agreeable to have a nerve block as analgesic technique
* Age: 18 years old and older.
* ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists Class) I-IV
Exclusion criteria:
* Cognitive impairment that would not allow effective nerve block placement or gathering information related to the study (ex. pain score).
* Contraindications for nerve block placement such as coagulopathy, use of clopidogrel in the past 48hs, patients on dual antiplatelet therapy, infection at the site of puncture, patient refusal, allergy to local anesthetics.
* Chronic opiate consumption
* Patient expected to be on therapeutic anticoagulation post procedure.
* Pregnancy
* Comorbid conditions: Any comorbid condition that in the judgment of the anesthesiologist would preclude the patient from any aspect of the study (ex. sepsis, possibly abnormalities of the thoracic spine or paravertebral anatomy such as neoplastic mass occupying the space, empyema, increased intracranial pressure)
Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT03758261
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03758261