Ultrasound Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) vs. Trigger Point Injection (TPI) for Abdominal Wall Pain

NCT01906944 ↗

Phase 2 Completed 62 enrolled Mayo Clinic

RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

Patients with chronic abdominal pain- with a component of abdominal wall pain- are often treated with trigger point injections. This study will help to determine if a block within the transversus abdominis plane (TAP) will provide superior analgesic benefit to a trigger point injection as therapy for these patients.

Timeline

Start: 2012-01
Primary completion: 2019-08-18
Completion: 2019-08-18

Publications

Moeschler SM, Pollard EM, Pingree MJ, Pittelkow TP, Bendel MA, Mauck WD, Watson JC, Eldrige JS, Loftus CG, Hooten WM. Ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block vs trigger point injections for chronic abdominal wall pain: a randomized clinical trial. Pain. 2021 Jun 1;162(6):1800-1805. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002181.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Bupivacaine	Other / unclassified	0.25 %	Other
Comparator	Bupivacaine	Other / unclassified	5 ml	Other
Comparator	Bupivacaine	Other / unclassified	10 ml	Other
Comparator	Triamcinolone	Other / unclassified	20 mg	Other

Indications

No indication recorded.