Ultrasound reveals secrets of knee pain block
NCT ID NCT06245460
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at why a common numbing shot for knee surgery works so well. Doctors used ultrasound to see if the medicine spreads to nerves behind the knee. The goal was to measure how often this spread happens in 30 adults having knee surgery. The study was stopped early, but the results may help improve pain relief after knee operations.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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30 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Finished
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Apr 2025
- 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.
Who is studied
The study population will be all the consecutive patients scheduled for elective knee surgery under general anesthesia in our center and receiving an adductor canal block.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- 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 scheduled for elective knee surgery under general anesthesia * in center of Ambroise Paré hospital * receiving an adductor canal block Exclusion Criteria: * patients cognitively impaired * patients suffering from peripheral neuropathy at the lower limb * patients receiving an IPACK block or surgical knee infiltration to complete the adductor canal block analgesia * patients who refused to take part in this study * pregnant or breastfeeding patients * patients under guardianship * imprisoned patients * patients without any medical insurance
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of anesthesia, Ambroise Paré Hospital - APHP
Boulogne-Billancourt, 92100, France
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