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Efficacy of Compound Betamethasone Injection Combined With Ropivacaine in Ultrasound-guided Intercostal Nerve Block for Chronic Post-thoracotomy Pain

Unknown statusNot applicableNCT05556122
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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 patients were divided into two groups by random number method: GroupRD1 group and GroupRD2 group were given general anesthesia and intercostal nerve block.The drug for intercostal nerve block was 0.33% ropivacaine +2.333mg compound betamethasone (1.667mg betamethasone dipropionate + 0.667mg betamethasone sodium phosphate) to 15ml.

Study details

Official title
Efficacy of Compound Betamethasone Injection Combined With Ropivacaine in Ultrasound-guided Slit Intercostals Nerve Block for Chronic Post-thoracotomy Pain:A Single Blind Randomized Control Trial
Conditions
  • Nerve Block
Interventions
  • Other: intercostal nerve block
  • Other: lateral intercostal nerve block
  • Drug: ropivacaine + compound betamethasone
Sponsor
Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University
Start date
2022-07-04
Primary completion
2022-12-30
Sex
All
Age range
from 18 Years to 70 Years
Results posted
No results posted in this snapshot
Countries
China
Total sites listed
1

Eligibility criteria

Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. 18-70 years old 2. ASA grade I-III 3. BMI: 18.5-28kg/m2 4. Type of surgery: elective thoracoscopic lung mass resection 5. Informed consent has been signed by the patient and/or family members Exclusion Criteria: 1. game anesthesia or sugar cortical hormone drugs allergic 2. preoperative use of opioid medicines 3. serious blood coagulation dysfunction 4. serious heart, lung, liver and renal insufficiency 5. put, chemotherapy, and glucocorticoid immunosuppressive therapy history or diseases of the immune system 6. peptic ulcer 7. newly gastrointestinal surgery 8. has a history of thoracic surgery 9. is the central nervous system disease 10. Other glucocorticoids should be used with caution in patients such as fractures, wound repair, corneal ulcers, hyperadrenocortical disease, diabetes mellitus, pregnant women, etc.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05556122