Clinical trialNCT01407666CompletedInterventional

Comparison Between Epidural and Bilateral Paravertebral Blocks in Liver Resection

SponsorUniversity of PittsburghEnrollment100Liver DiseasePain

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Summary

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This prospective, randomized study is intended to assess the efficacy and safety of bilateral continuous paravertebral blocks compared to continuous epidural block for open liver resection. Hypotheses: Bilateral paravertebral blocks are: 1) equally effective in controlling the perioperative pain; and 2) safe, with less frequent complications following open liver resection when compared to continuous epidural block.

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Investigators

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Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 31 Aug 2010
Primary completion: 31 Aug 2014
Completion: 30 Nov 2014
Last update posted: 3 Dec 2014
Registered enrollment: 100
Registry id: NCT01407666

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