Numbing the right way: could a nerve block improve dialysis access surgery?
NCT ID NCT02722096
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at 78 people with advanced kidney failure who needed a surgery to create an arteriovenous fistula (a connection between an artery and vein) for dialysis. The goal was to see if using a nerve block (axillary block) instead of local anesthesia could reduce early problems like blood clots or poor healing. The researchers tracked complications for 6 weeks after surgery to compare the two anesthesia methods.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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78 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Mar 2014
- Finished
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Mar 2018
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Chronic kidney disease stade 4 or 5 * First creation of arteriovenous fistula on the side of the surgery * written consent * Health care system adherent * No decision of juridical protection Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy or breast-feeding * Participation to an other research study that may interfere with this study * Brachial arterio-venous fistula creation (upper elbow crease) * Antecedent of homolateral arteriovenous fistula (controlateral fistula non excluded) * Other surgery on arteriovenous fistula (superficialisation procedure, refection…) * Contraindications to local anesthetics : Ropivacaine or Lidocaine allergy * Contraindication to regional anesthesia : homolateral axillary lymphadenectomy
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hopital Edouard Herriot - Service Anesthésie et Réanimation
Lyon, 69437, France
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