Superficial Cervical Plexus Block for Pacemaker Insertion

Mayo Clinic

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Pacemaker Insertion; Regional Block; Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Local site infiltration; Procedure: Superficial Cervical Plexus Block (SCP) block

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01473667

11-005969

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate clinical outcomes from two current standard of care pain control procedures performed for patients undergoing pacemaker insertion.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18-100 years old
• Registered patients at Mayo Clinic in Florida scheduled to undergo primary insertion of pacemaker

Exclusion criteria

• Emergency placement of pacemaker
• Sub-pectoral placement of pacemaker
• Patients with history of chronic pain
• Patients with anatomical abnormality or disruption to the pacemaker insertion site or site of block placement
• Patients with allergy to local anesthetic

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Superficial Cervical Plexus Block

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Superficial Cervical Plexus Block (SCP) block

Local Infiltration

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Local site infiltration