A Comparison of Bupivacaine and 2-chloroprocaine for Spinal Anesthesia

Completed 106 enrolled University of Montreal Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) · collab

RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindTreatment

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacity and the readiness for discharge between two local anesthetics, bupivacaine and 2-chloroprocaine, used for spinal anesthesia.

Timeline

Start: 2009-02
Primary completion: 2009-07
Completion: 2009-07

Publications

Background Kouri ME, Kopacz DJ. Spinal 2-chloroprocaine: a comparison with lidocaine in volunteers. Anesth Analg. 2004 Jan;98(1):75-80. doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000093228.61443.EE.
Background Smith KN, Kopacz DJ, McDonald SB. Spinal 2-chloroprocaine: a dose-ranging study and the effect of added epinephrine. Anesth Analg. 2004 Jan;98(1):81-88. doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000093361.48458.6E.
Background Vath JS, Kopacz DJ. Spinal 2-chloroprocaine: the effect of added fentanyl. Anesth Analg. 2004 Jan;98(1):89-94. doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000093360.02058.ED.
Background Warren DT, Kopacz DJ. Spinal 2-chloroprocaine: the effect of added dextrose. Anesth Analg. 2004 Jan;98(1):95-101. doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000093362.95618.89.
Background Kopacz DJ. Spinal 2-chloroprocaine: minimum effective dose. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2005 Jan-Feb;30(1):36-42. doi: 10.1016/j.rapm.2004.09.008.
Background Davis BR, Kopacz DJ. Spinal 2-chloroprocaine: the effect of added clonidine. Anesth Analg. 2005 Feb;100(2):559-565. doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000143381.30409.62.
Background Yoos JR, Kopacz DJ. Spinal 2-chloroprocaine: a comparison with small-dose bupivacaine in volunteers. Anesth Analg. 2005 Feb;100(2):566-572. doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000143356.17013.A1.
Background Gonter AF, Kopacz DJ. Spinal 2-chloroprocaine: a comparison with procaine in volunteers. Anesth Analg. 2005 Feb;100(2):573-579. doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000143380.36298.4A.
Background Yoos JR, Kopacz DJ. Spinal 2-chloroprocaine for surgery: an initial 10-month experience. Anesth Analg. 2005 Feb;100(2):553-558. doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000130397.38849.4A.
Background Casati A, Danelli G, Berti M, Fioro A, Fanelli A, Benassi C, Petronella G, Fanelli G. Intrathecal 2-chloroprocaine for lower limb outpatient surgery: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, clinical evaluation. Anesth Analg. 2006 Jul;103(1):234-8, table of contents. doi: 10.1213/01.ane.0000221441.44387.82.
Background Casati A, Fanelli G, Danelli G, Berti M, Ghisi D, Brivio M, Putzu M, Barbagallo A. Spinal anesthesia with lidocaine or preservative-free 2-chlorprocaine for outpatient knee arthroscopy: a prospective, randomized, double-blind comparison. Anesth Analg. 2007 Apr;104(4):959-64. doi: 10.1213/01.ane.0000258766.73612.d8.
Lacasse MA, Roy JD, Forget J, Vandenbroucke F, Seal RF, Beaulieu D, McCormack M, Massicotte L. Comparison of bupivacaine and 2-chloroprocaine for spinal anesthesia for outpatient surgery: a double-blind randomized trial. Can J Anaesth. 2011 Apr;58(4):384-91. doi: 10.1007/s12630-010-9450-x. Epub 2011 Jan 4.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Bupivacaine	Other / unclassified	7.5 mg	Other
Comparator	Chloroprocaine	Other / unclassified	40 mg	Other

Indications

No indication recorded.