New knee pain block could get you walking faster after surgery
NCT ID NCT07578688
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests two ways to numb the knee after total knee replacement. One method uses a low-dose anesthetic on three main nerves, while the other uses a higher dose on two smaller nerves. The goal is to see which provides better pain relief with less muscle weakness, so patients can start walking sooner and use less morphine. The trial will involve 120 adults scheduled for knee replacement.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- naropeine (a local anesthetic)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point to a better way to manage pain after knee replacement, reducing the need for strong painkillers and helping patients walk sooner.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 120 participants. The results may not apply to all patients, and the low-dose block might not provide enough pain relief.
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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.
- Participants
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About 120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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 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: * Age \> 18 years; * Patients scheduled for total knee replacement (TKR); * ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) class 1 to 3; * Patient who is able to understand the information relating to the study, read the information leaflet and agree to sign the informed consent form; * Enrolment iin the French healthcare system. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with an ASA score \> 3; * Patients with a chronic pain condition requiring regular prescription pain relief, such as osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, neuropathic pain or rheumatoid arthritis; * Patients with a major anxiety disorder (APAIS score); * Patients with a history of algodystrophy; * Pregnant or breastfeeding women; * History or evidence of any other clinically significant disorder, condition or disease which, in the investigator's opinion, would pose a risk to patient safety or interfere with the assessment, procedures or completion of the study; * Participation in any other clinical trial during the duration of the study; * Patients under guardianship or curatorship or subject to deprivation of liberty.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Clinique Jouvenet
Paris, 75016, France
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