Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0245130242
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Does alkalinisation of 0.2% Ropivacaine improve quality of Interscalene brachial plexus block? Double-blind randomised trial, standardisation of anaesthetic technique, motor and sensory block assessment, statistical outcome.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Double-blind randomised trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Surgery: Interscalene brachial plexus block
Intervention
Alkalinisation of Ropivacaine vs standard practice
Intervention type
Drug
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Ropivacaine
Primary outcome measure
1. Visual analogue score for pain difference >2 between two groups
2. Difference between motor blockade
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
05/06/2003
Overall trial end date
05/06/2006
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Healthy adults
2. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I-II
3. Shoulder arthroscopy day cases
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
05/06/2003
Recruitment end date
05/06/2006
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Department of Anaesthetics
High Wycombe
HP11 2TT
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)
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
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list