New study seeks best spot for hand surgery pain catheters
NCT ID NCT04960046
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested two different methods (paracoracoid vs. costoclavicular) for placing tiny catheters near nerves to deliver pain medicine after hand surgery. 140 adults having outpatient hand surgery took part. The goal was to see which approach provides better numbness and pain relief, helping patients recover more comfortably at home.
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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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140 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2021
- Finished
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Apr 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- 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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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients over 18 years old * American Society of Anesthesiologists' classification 1 to 3 * Patients undergoing elective ambulatory hand surgery requiring the use of continuous infraclavicular nerve block Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindication to a peripheral nerve block * Refusal of the patient or inability to consent * Inability to communicate with the healthcare team or the research team * Lack of access to the Teams telehealth platform * Inability to understand the items of the different questionnaires * Inability to understand ambulatory catheter follow-up instructions * Pregnancy * Obesity Body Mass Index \> 40 * Pre-existing neurological deficit in the operated upper limb * Anatomical malformation not allowing one of the study blocks to be performed * Condition preventing measurement of the primary outcome
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
Montreal, Quebec, H2X 3E4, Canada
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