Exparel Interscalene vs Indwelling Catheter

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2021-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The investigators are comparing an indwelling catheter with intermediate duration local anesthetic to a single shot peripheral nerve block with long acting a local anesthetic (Exparel).

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Montefiore Medical Center
• Treatments: Bupivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• American Society of Anesthesia (ASA) 1, 2, and 3

• Ages 40-74

• Patients scheduled for total shoulder replacement

Exclusion Criteria:

• ASA 4 and 5

• Pre-existing pain disorder

• Regular consumption of chronic pain medication

• pregnant women

• any medical condition such as a clotting disorder

• anatomic abnormality that precludes use of an indwelling scalene catheter

• Body Mass Index (BMI) >40

• Patient refusal

• Pre-existing diabetic neuropathy or Hemoglobin A1c >9

• Failed block