Study of A Long Lasting Local Anesthestic for Hand, Wrist or Finger Surgery

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2016-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare Exparel, a new, long-lasting numbing medication and a shorter-acting nerve block to a traditional single-shot nerve block in patients having hand, wrist or finger surgery.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Jose Soberon, MD
• Collaborator: Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc
• Treatments: Bupivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients 18 years or older having hand, wrist, or finger surgery

• ability to understand and provide informed consent

• American Society of Anesthesiologists status I-III

• presence of a responsible adult caregiver for 48-72 hours after surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• patient refusal or inability to provide informed consent

• true allergy, not sensitivity to local anesthetics, midazolam, fentanyl, hydromorphone, propofol

• pregnancy

• hepatic or renal failure

• evidence of infection at or near the proposed needle insertion site

• any sensorimotor deficit of the upper extremity

• BMI greater than or equal to 35

• uncontrolled or severe pulmonary disease

• anticoagulant use (not aspirin or non-steroidal anti-inflammatories)

• chronic pain patients