Truncal Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia for Implantation and Revision of Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (AICDs) and Pacemakers in Pediatric Patients

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: AICDS Implantation Pediatrics; Analgesia After Pacemaker

Treatments: Drug: B Group; Drug: LA group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04184349

HSC-MS-19-0760

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy and safety of truncal blocks for pacemaker and Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator implantation in children and to prospectively evaluate whether there is a decrease in amount of narcotic medications need and track complications.

Enrollment: 19 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing implantation or revision of pacemaker or AICD in the pediatric cath lab

Exclusion criteria

• parent or patient refusal
• use of narcotic medications prior to procedure

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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19 participants in 2 patient groups

Local Anesthetic (LA Group)

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Drug: LA group

B group

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Drug: B Group