Dialysis access anesthesia study pulled before starting
NCT ID NCT02305992
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study was designed to see if different types of anesthesia could help a surgically created blood vessel connection (called a fistula) work better for dialysis patients. The plan was to compare three methods: a nerve block in the armpit, a nerve block in the neck, and local anesthesia alone. However, the study was withdrawn before enrolling any participants, so no results are available.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Ropivacaine
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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.
- Started
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Dec 2015
- Finished
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Dec 2017
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Patients with ESRD undergoing radio-cephalic AVF Exclusion Criteria: * Previous AVF procedures * significant stenosis (\>50% diameter reduction) * calcifications of radial artery or cephalic vein * radial artery diameter \<1.6mm * cephalic vein diameter \<2.0mm * history of pre-existing unilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy * pre-existing unilateral phrenic nerve palsy * coagulopathy or pre-existing conditions that require anticoagulants or anti-platelet therapies * history of IV drug use * documented allergic reactions to local anesthetics * pregnancy * morbid obesity.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 4A6, Canada
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