The Effect of Regional Anaesthesia and Genetic Factors in the Development of Chronic Pain Following Total Knee Arthroplasty
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT04206046
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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)
The study aims to assess the effect of spinal anaesthesia against a general anaesthesia with a femoral block, with respect to the incidence of chronic pain following a total knee replacement. It will also focus on genetic factors and their influence on chronic pain.
Study details
- Official title
- The Effect of Regional Anaesthesia and Genetic Factors in the Development of Chronic Pain Following Total Knee Arthroplasty
- Conditions
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
- Chronic Pain Post-Proceduraal
- Interventions
- Procedure: Spinal anaesthesia
- Procedure: General anaesthesia
- Sponsor
- Sciberras, Stephen M.D.
- Start date
- 2017-06-01
- Primary completion
- 2022-06-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 75 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Malta
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * patients able to undergo a total knee arthroplasty Exclusion Criteria: * age more than 75 years * known case of chronic pain syndromes * arthroplasty not due to osteoarthritis * sensitivity to any drugs used in protocol
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04206046