Effect of Addition of Steroids on Duration of Analgesia

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2021-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The purpose of the study is to investigate the differences in post-procedural pain scores and narcotic use among patients who receive a Superior Hypogastric Nerve Block (SHNB) with and without corticosteroid performed as part of the Uterine Artery Embolization (UAE) procedure.

• Phase: Early Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Treatments: Bupivacaine; Triamcinolone; Triamcinolone Acetonide; Triamcinolone diacetate; Triamcinolone hexacetonide

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• females

• aged between 30 and 60 years

• diagnosed with symptomatic uterine fibroids and/or adenomyosis and scheduled to undergo UAE procedure

Exclusion Criteria:

• Contraindications to UAE

• SHNB is deemed unsafe for the patient

• Allergies to local anesthetic or steroid agent

• History of inflammatory bowel disease or ulcerative colitis

• Uncorrectable abnormal coagulation profile

• Diabetes mellitus