Regional Anaesthesia for Painful Injuries After Disasters

Phase 4 Withdrawn Epicentre Brown University · collab Medecins Sans Frontieres, Netherlands · collab

RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindSupportive care

Summary

The goal of the RAPID study is to fundamentally transform the way serious injuries are managed after earthquakes and other disasters by introducing a novel and cost-effective method for pain control. The study will enroll patients in the aftermath of a major earthquake to determine whether regional anesthesia, either with or without ultrasound-guidance, can reduce suffering from lower limb injuries, the most common earthquake-related injury, above and beyond the current standard of care for pain control in these settings.

Timeline

Start: 2016-03
Primary completion: 2017-12
Completion: 2018-05

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped: “Study did not occur”

Publications

Levine AC, Teicher C, Aluisio AR, Wiskel T, Valles P, Trelles M, Glavis-Bloom J, Grais RF. Regional Anesthesia for Painful Injuries after Disasters (RAPID): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2016 Nov 14;17(1):542. doi: 10.1186/s13063-016-1671-z.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Bupivacaine (femoral nerve block)	Unknown	0.5 %	Other
Comparator	Bupivacaine (femoral nerve block)	Unknown	20 ml	Other
Comparator	Morphine	Other / unclassified	0.1 mg/kg	Intravenous

Indications

No indication recorded.