Long-acting Parasternal Blocks for Analgesia After Cardiac Surgery

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2022-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This is a randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial is to evaluate the duration of efficacy of parasternal blocks with the use of local anesthetic adjuncts for analgesia after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Jewish General Hospital

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients coming for elective and urgent coronary artery bypass (CABG)-only surgery.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with a history of regular opioid use.

• Patients with a history of chronic pain.

• Patients unable to provide consent.