Is Regional Anesthesia of the Hip Preferable Over Traditional Analgesia in the Acute Stage of the Management of Patients With a Fracture of the Hip

Landstinget i Värmland

Status and phase: Terminated; Phase 4

Conditions: Hip Fractures

Treatments: Drug: Natrium chloride; Drug: Ropivacaine

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01593319

NAROP11

2011-003326-27 (EudraCT Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main hypothesis of the study is that anaesthesia of the hip using infiltration with a local anesthetic solution is preferable over traditional analgesia with oral opioid medications in the acute stage of the management of patients with a fracture of the hip.

To study the hypothesis the investigators designed a prospective randomised study where patients are assigned in two groups, the first receiving local hip anesthesia and the other placebo treatment. Both groups are eligible to use of standard oral pain treatment.

Effect of analgesia as well as medical complications will be recorded.

Enrollment: 37 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• fracture of the hip

Exclusion criteria

• multiple fractures,
• delay (more than 12 hours) from the time of injury until admission to the hospital,
• local infections, hypersensitivity to local analgetics,
• cognitive impairment

Trial design

37 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

ropivacaine

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Drug: Ropivacaine

Natrium chloride

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Drug: Natrium chloride