Double nerve block may cut pain after colon surgery
NCT ID NCT07280949
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study compares two pain-block methods for people having laparoscopic colorectal surgery. Half the participants will get a standard abdominal wall block, while the other half gets that block plus an additional back block. The goal is to see if the combo reduces pain and the need for strong painkillers like morphine. The trial is currently recruiting 50 adults aged 18 to 90.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- nerve block procedure
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide better pain control and reduce opioid use after laparoscopic colorectal surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 50 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The added block may not improve pain relief enough to justify the extra procedure.
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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 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2026
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 90 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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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 between 18 and 90 years * Male or female * ASA class I to III * Elective laparoscopic or robotic colorectal surgery with or without resections requiring perineal incisions. Exclusion Criteria: * Patient refusal * History of previous abdominal surgery, preoperative bowel obstruction symptoms, and requirement for emergency surgery * Conversion to open laparotomy * Coagulopathy, infection at the injection site, allergy to local anesthetics, body mass index \> 30 kg/m2, severe hepatic or renal disease, severe cardiopulmonary disease (≥ ASA IV), diabetic or other neuropathies, patients receiving opioids for chronic analgesic therapy, inability to comprehend visual analogue scale (VAS) and patients transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) post-surgery.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cairo University
RECRUITINGCairo, Governorate, 002, Egypt
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