Clonidine in Femoral Nerve Block Surgery in Children

• Status: Withdrawn
• Trial end date: 2013-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Knee arthroscopy is a common surgical procedure in pediatrics in which the knee joint is visualized through a small camera to help diagnose and treat knee problems. This procedure is commonly accomplished with the use of general anesthesia. Regional anesthesia is commonly completed with a single injection of local anesthetic around the femoral nerve to provide pain relief for several hours following knee arthroscopy. The intent of this study is to examine the effects of clonidine in addition to local anesthetics for femoral nerve blockade in providing children and adolescents post-operative analgesia. The investigators hypothesize the addition of low dose clonidine (1 mcg/kg) provides an additional 4 hours of post operative analgesia following arthroscopic knee surgery and reduces post-operative opiate requirement.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Nationwide Children's Hospital
• Treatments: Clonidine; Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• American Society of Anesthesiologist (ASA) functional status I or II

• Patients scheduled for arthroscopic knee surgery only

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with history of chronic opioid therapy, central or peripheral neuropathy, contraindications to regional anesthesia, history of allergy to clonidine or ropivicaine, or anterior cruciate ligament reconstructive surgery in addition to knee arthroscopy