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Clinical trialNCT04382859UnknownInterventional

TOTEM: Trial of TAP Block Effective Medications

SponsorWestern Michigan University School of MedicineEnrollment56Pain, Postoperative
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Summary

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Our goal is to determine if liposomal bupivacaine compared to standard bupivacaine results in increased pain control and decreased narcotic pain medication use when used in TAP blocks prior to laparoscopic hysterectomies for benign indications.

Investigators

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  • Melinda Abernethy, MD

    Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine

    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
  • Bronson Methodist Hospital

    Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

    Recruiting

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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
1 Dec 2020
Primary completion
31 Dec 2020
Completion
28 Feb 2021
Last update posted
27 Nov 2020
Registered enrollment
56
Registry id
NCT04382859

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.