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Serratus Plane Block for the Prevention of Chronic Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery

Unknown statusNot applicableNCT02838173
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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 compare the "Serratus block plane" (SPB) and the local infiltration of the tissue in the prevention of acute and chronic pain after breast cancer surgery.

Study details

Official title
Serratus Plane Block for the Prevention of Chronic Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery
Conditions
Interventions
  • Procedure: serratus plane bloc : Ropivacaine 2mg/ml (0,3ml/kg)
  • Procedure: tissue infiltration : Ropivacaine 2mg/ml (0,3ml/kg)
  • Procedure: serratus plane bloc : placebo
  • Procedure: tissue infiltration : placebo
Sponsor
Erasme University Hospital
Start date
2016-07
Primary completion
2017-12
Sex
Female
Age range
from 18 Years
Results posted
No results posted in this snapshot
Total sites listed
0

Eligibility criteria

Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Women scheduled for elective breast neoplasm surgery * Of ASA classification 1, 2 or 3 * Patients who provide written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Minor patients * Patients refusing to sign the consent * Patients included in another protocol within 3 months * Pregnant or lactating patients * Patients with history of allergy to local anesthetics (Ropivacaine) * Patients with contraindication to regional anesthesia (coagulopathy, local infection ...) * Patients with history of prior breast surgery (excluding diagnostic biopsy) * Patients with history of chronic pain * Patients with a history of psychiatric disorder

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02838173