Erector Spinae Plane Block Versus General Anesthesia in Breast Cancer Surgeries

National Cancer Institute, Egypt

Status: Completed

Conditions: Analgesia

Treatments: Drug: Intravenous morphine; Procedure: Single level erector spinae plane block; Procedure: Bilevel erector spinae plane block

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05429489

AP2205-5015

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims at comparing the analgesic efficacy and safety of bilevel erector spinae versus single level versus general anesthesia for breast cancer surgeries

Enrollment: 126 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Female
• Diagnosed with breast cancer

Exclusion criteria

• Patient refusal
• coagulation defects
• bone metastases
• abnormal kidney and/or liver function tests

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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126 participants in 3 patient groups

Bilevel erector spinae plane block

Experimental group

Description:

Bilevel erector spinae block at 3rd and 5th thoracic vertebral levels

Treatment:

Procedure: Bilevel erector spinae plane block

Single level erector spinae plane block

Experimental group

Description:

single level erector spinae plane block at 5th thoracic vertebral levels

Treatment:

Procedure: Single level erector spinae plane block

Intravenous morphine

Active Comparator group

Description:

Intravenous morphine 0.1 mg/ kg

Treatment:

Drug: Intravenous morphine