Ropivacaine Though Laterosternal Catheters After Cardiac Surgery

NCT01196767 ↗

Phase 4 Completed 40 enrolled University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand

RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blind

Summary

This is a prospective double-blinded and randomised study involving patients undergoing cardiac surgery with median sternotomy, the effects on postoperative analgesia of a 48-hr continuous infusion of ropivacaine 2 mg.mL-1, at the rate of 4 mL.hr-1 through two catheters inserted at the lateral edges of the sternum will be studied, versus a control group in which normal saline will be infused in the same conditions.

Timeline

Start: 2010-07
Primary completion: 2010-11
Completion: 2010-11

Publications

Results Eljezi V, Duale C, Azarnoush K, Skrzypczak Y, Sautou V, Pereira B, Tsokanis I, Schoeffler P. The analgesic effects of a bilateral sternal infusion of ropivacaine after cardiac surgery. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2012 Mar-Apr;37(2):166-74. doi: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e318240957f.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Ropivacaine	Other / unclassified	2 mg/ml	Subcutaneous

Indications

No indication recorded.