Intravenous Dexamethasone for Ropivacaine Axillary Block

Summary

Prospective monocentric double-blind controlled randomised trial Aim is to assess prolonged postsurgical analgesia by intravenous dexamethasone versus intravenous placebo, after ultrasound guided axillary brachial plexus block

Timeline

Start

2016-12-01

Primary completion

2017-03-16

Completion

2017-09-16

Publications

• Clement JC, Besch G, Puyraveau M, Grelet T, Ferreira D, Vettoretti L, Pili-Floury S, Samain E, Berthier F. Clinical effectiveness of single dose of intravenous dexamethasone on the duration of ropivacaine axillary brachial plexus block: the randomized placebo-controlled ADEXA trial. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2019 Mar;44(3):e100035. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2018-100035.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.