Efficacy of Femoral Nerve Block vs Fascia Iliaca Block for preoperative analgesia in fracture neck of femur

ISRCTN ISRCTN81000264
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN81000264
Secondary identifying numbers Protocol version2 - 01/01/2011
Submission date
22/02/2011
Registration date
12/10/2011
Last edited
15/10/2014
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Barry Newman
Scientific

Department of Anaesthesia
Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Longfleet Road
Poole
BH15 2JB
United Kingdom

Phone +44 (0)12 0244 2443
Email barry.newman@poole.nhs.uk

Study information

Study designRandomised unblinded comparison study
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Hospital
Study typeTreatment
Participant information sheet Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Scientific titleEfficacy of Femoral Nerve Block vs Fascia Iliaca Block for preoperative analgesia in fracture neck of femur: a randomised unblinded comparison study
Study acronymFNB-v-FIB
Study objectivesTo determine whether one of the two standard techniques of local anaesthetic block of the femoral nerve is superior in terms of analgesia provided for elderly patients with fractured hip.
Ethics approval(s)Isle of Wight, Portsmouth & South East Hampshire Local Research Ethics Committee, 09/11/2011, ref: REC10/H0501/25
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedFracture of femur
InterventionFemoral Nerve Block versus Femoral Iliaca Block
Intervention typeOther
Primary outcome measureDifferences in pain scores using the Linear Analogue Pain score immediately before and 2 hours after performing the block
Secondary outcome measuresStatistical difference between the consumption of analgesics in the 12 hours after the block
Overall study start date01/03/2011
Completion date31/12/2011

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
SexBoth
Target number of participants120
Key inclusion criteria1. Patients male or female, admitted with diagnosis of fracture neck of femur
2. Patients with capability to give informed consent with Mini Mental Score Examination (MMSE) ≥ 8/10. MMSE is routinely performed on initial assessment of these patients.
Key exclusion criteria1. Respiratory rate less than 10 beats per minute (bpm)
2. Systolic Blood Pressure less than 100 mm Hg
3. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) less than 12/15
4. Anticoagulant therapy (warfarin / heparin infusion). Not contraindicated in patients taking low dose aspirin < 150mg/day
5. Clotting disorders [international normalised ratio (INR) or activated partial thromboplastin time ratio (APTR)] > 1.5, Platelets < 80,000
6. Previous femoral vascular surgery
7. Hepatic Impairment
8. Debilitated or acutely ill patients
9. Patient refusal
10. Known hypersensitivity to local anaesthetic agents of amide type
11. MMSE < 8/10. Standard exclusion criteria for the local anaesthetic nerve block as per local protocol
Date of first enrolment01/03/2011
Date of final enrolment31/12/2011

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • England
  • United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Department of Anaesthesia
Poole
BH15 2JB
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Hospital/treatment centre

Longfleet Road
Poole
BH15 2JB
England
United Kingdom

Phone +44 (0)12 0244 8125
Email Mary.burrows@poole.nhs.uk
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Funders

Funder type

Government

Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (UK)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article results 01/09/2013 Yes No