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Effect of Dexamethasone and Epinephrine on the Duration of Sciatic Nerve Blocks With Ropivacaine

NCT02104778

RandomizedParallel-groupTriple-blindTreatment

Summary

The aim of the present study is to test that adding dexamethasone or epinephrine significantly prolongs the duration of sciatic nerve blocks with ropivacaine and that the magnitude of the effect differs among dexamethasone and epinehrine.

Timeline

Start
2014-04
Primary completion
2016-06
Completion
2016-07

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Dexamethasone Small molecule 8 mg
Subject Epinephrine Other / unclassified

Indications

No indication recorded.