A Randomised Comparison on the Dose Requirement Between, Levobupivacaine, Ropivacaine and Bupivacaine in Intrathecal Anaesthesia

Hospital Authority, Hong Kong

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anesthesia, Conduction; Surgery

Treatments: Procedure: Combined spinal epidural anaesthesia

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00636974

HARECCTR0500056

KW/FR/05-025

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine and compare the effective intrathecal dose of levobupivacaine, ropivacaine and bupivacaine for 50% of patients in lower limb surgery

Enrollment: 75 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• body weight=40-90kg,
• height higher than 145cm

Exclusion criteria

• Known hypersensitivity to amide local anaesthetics,
• patients who do not understand English and Chinese,
• Body mass index higher than 35 kg per sq metre

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind