IV Steroids Versus Steroids Included in Block for Orthopedic Lower Limb Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2020-06-26
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

IV and included steroids have produced the same length of block prolongation in adults as if the steroid was given with the nerve block. Clinically, this has not be noticed in children. The objective of this study is to examine this in young patients. The investigator will blindly give the steroid either in the IV or in the block solution (perineural). This is a prospective double blind study.

• Phase: Early Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Arizona
• Treatments: BB 1101; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone 21-phosphate; Dexamethasone acetate; Pharmaceutical Solutions

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Scheduled to have a lower limb Orthopedic surgical procedure.

• Scheduled to have a nerve block placed for post operative analgesia.

• American Society of Anesthesiologist (ASA) Class I - III.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not scheduled to have a nerve block placed for post operative analgesia.