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Low-dose Intravenous Dexamethasone at Different Times as Adjunvants for Brachial Plexus Blocks

NCT04714112 ↗

RandomizedParallel-groupQuadruple-blindTreatment

Summary

Dexamethasone has been tested as an effective adjuvant to prolong the effect of local anesthetics for peripheral nerve blocks, both perineurally and intravenously. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of the addition of dexamethasone (5mg) at different time to a standard ropivacaine solution (0.5%) on analgesic duration of interscalene block.

Timeline

Start
2021-01-10
Primary completion
2021-05-31
Completion
2021-07-31

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Dexamethasone Small molecule 5 mg Intravenous

Indications

No indication recorded.