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 @ 4:35 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 4:35 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00926666
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Emergency proximal fractured neck of femur for surgical fixation
* Visual analogue pain score at rest of \>=5
* American Society of Anaesthesiology grading \<=4
* Able to give informed consent
* Resting visual analogue pain score of greater than 50mm on a 100mm scale before recruitment
* Patient is able to cooperate with sensory testing of lower limb function
Exclusion Criteria:
* Abnormal clotting screen (coagulopathy) or thrombocytopenia (\< 100,000)
* Acute mental test score of \<=7 at any time preoperatively
* Allergy to local anaesthetic
* Contra-indication to levobupivacaine
* Signs, symptoms or laboratory evidence of local infection or systemic sepsis
* No pre-existing neurological deficit (sensory or motor) affecting the lower limb
* Patient with lower limb amputations or other condition affecting sensation in lower limbs
* Patient with a history of chronic pain
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
35 Years
Maximum Age:
95 Years
Study:
NCT00926666
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00926666