The Effect of Tramadol on Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block

Asklepieion Voulas General Hospital

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Shoulder Dislocation; Shoulder Fracture; Shoulder Arthritis; Rotator Cuff Injury

Treatments: Drug: Ropivacaine; Drug: Ropivacaine - Tramadol

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02182752

3694/27-3-13

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of our study is to evaluate the effect of tramadol as an adjunct to ropivacaine local anesthetic solution in interscalene brachial plexus block for shoulder surgery.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 79 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Shoulder surgery

Exclusion criteria

• patients on opioids
• diabetes mellitus
• interscalene block contraindicated
• patient refusing regional anesthesia techniques

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Ropivacaine - Tramadol

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Drug: Ropivacaine - Tramadol

Ropivacaine

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Drug: Ropivacaine