Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block in Acute and Chronic Pain Management in Hip Fracture Patients
CompletedNot applicableNCT02479828
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
This study evaluates the effect of fascia iliaca compartment block (FICB) in the management of acute post -surgical pain in hip fracture patients and in the appearance of chronic post -surgical hip pain, by means of von Korff Graded Chronic Pain Scale -modified for hip pain in Greek. Half of the patients will not receive fascia iliaca compartment block.
Study details
- Official title
- The Effect of Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block in Acute and Chronic Pain Management in Hip Fracture Patients
- Conditions
- Chronic Hip Pain
- Interventions
- Drug: Fascia iliaca compartment block
- Drug: Ropivacaine
- Device: ultrasound
- Drug: Placebo
- Sponsor
- Asklepieion Voulas General Hospital
- Start date
- 2015-06
- Primary completion
- 2018-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 90 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Greece
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * ASA I-III (American Society of Anesthesiologists classification) * intertrochanteric fractures * fractures of femoral neck Exclusion Criteria: * existing pain in hip Joint to be operated * cognitive or mental disorder * administration of analgesic drugs prior surgery * contraindications of spinal anesthesia * refusal to participate in the study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02479828