Clinical trialNCT01242644CompletedPhase 2Interventional

Comparison of a Pain Pump Versus Injectable Medication for Analgesia in Knee Arthroscopy

SponsorUniversity of South AlabamaEnrollment48Pain

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Summary

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Hypothesis: Ropivacaine, morphine and ketorolac injected after knee arthroscopy is as effective as this solution plus ropivacaine administered intra-articularly for twenty-four hours. Three groups were assigned random patients, each group provided a different method of pain medication in order to determine the effectiveness of each treatment.

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Investigators

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Albert W Pearsall, MD
University of South Alabama
Principal Investigator
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Drugs studied

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Ropivacaine

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Registration & key dates

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Start: 31 Oct 2006
Primary completion: 31 Oct 2009
Completion: 30 Jun 2010
Last update posted: 27 Nov 2020
Registered enrollment: 48
Registry id: NCT01242644

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