Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0035118427
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To determine whether a local infusion of Bupivacaine provides more efficient and cost effective postoperative analgesia than current standard practices
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Signs and Symptoms: Pain
Intervention
Local infusion of Bupivacaine provides vs current standard practices
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Pain assessment, amount of analgesic used, amount of opioid analgesic used and its side effects, length of inpatient stay, cost of surgical procedure
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
30/09/2002
Overall trial end date
30/09/2004
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
50 patients undergoing total knee joint arthroplasty
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
50
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
30/09/2002
Recruitment end date
30/09/2004
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Orthopaedic Research Fellow
Basildon
SS16 5NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Trust (UK), NHS R&D Support Funding
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary