New nerve block technique could ease neck surgery pain
NCT ID NCT07539935
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether an ultrasound-guided nerve block using bupivacaine can reduce pain after neck surgery better than standard painkillers. Sixty adults aged 18 to 60 undergoing elective neck surgery will be randomly assigned to receive either the nerve block or a placebo injection plus paracetamol. Pain levels and opioid use will be tracked for 24 hours after surgery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- bupivacaine
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a more effective way to manage pain after neck surgery, reducing the need for opioids.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-center trial with only 60 participants. The results may not apply to all neck surgeries or patients, and nerve blocks carry rare risks like infection or allergic reaction.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Oct 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 to 60 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * The study include all patients between 18 and 60 years of age who underwent elective neck surgery under general anesthesia Exclusion Criteria: * 1\. Patient refusal . 2. Patient with significant neurological , psychological disease . 3. patient known allergy to local anesthesia . 4. Patient uncorrected coagulapathy or anticoagulant therapy . 5. Patient with sever neck deformity . 6. Patient with infection at site of injection . 7. Patient with sever respiratory disease . 8. patients with regular use of analgesic medications
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Faculty of medicine, Sohag University.
Sohag, Egypt
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