Nerve block may ease thyroid surgery pain and cut opioid use

NCT ID NCT05805423

First seen Feb 16, 2026 · Last updated Jun 15, 2026 · Updated 22 times

Summary

This study tests whether a numbing injection in the neck (bilateral superficial cervical plexus block) plus local wound numbing can lower pain, nausea, and the need for strong painkillers after thyroid surgery. About 74 adults having a partial or total thyroid removal will take part. Half will get the active block, half a placebo, and neither they nor their doctors will know which they received.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • UC Davis Medical Center

    Sacramento, California, 95817, United States

Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Pain, Postoperative Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.