TAP Blocks vs. IV Lidocaine for Kidney Transplants

Phase 2/3 Unknown 124 enrolled Benaroya Research Institute

RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

This study will compare continuous intravenous lidocaine against single-injection transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block as a modality for postoperative analgesia in kidney transplant surgery.

Timeline

Start: 2019-04-01
Primary completion: 2021-03-01
Completion: 2021-09-01

Publications

Hanson NA, Strunk J, Saunders G, Cowan NG, Brandenberger J, Kuhr CS, Oryhan C, Warren DT, Slee AE, Strodtbeck W. Comparison of continuous intravenous lidocaine versus transversus abdominis plane block for kidney transplant surgery: a randomized, non-inferiority trial. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2021 Nov;46(11):955-959. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2021-102973. Epub 2021 Aug 20.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Lidocaine	Other / unclassified	—	Intravenous

Indications

No indication recorded.