New nerve block may cut opioid use after hip surgery
NCT ID NCT04555291
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a specific nerve block (called Quadratus Lumborum Block type 3) can reduce pain and the need for strong painkillers after total hip replacement surgery. Sixty adults having hip replacement were randomly given either the nerve block with a numbing medicine or a placebo (salt water). The main goal was to see if the nerve block lowered opioid painkiller use in the first 24 hours after surgery.
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Study facts
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- 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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60 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2022
- Finished
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Oct 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: • All adult patients with unilateral programmed total hip prosthesis surgery are included in the absence of inclusion criteria. * Obligation for all patients to be affiliated with social security * Patient Informed Consent Signature Exclusion Criteria: * chronic opiod consumption * pregnancy * mental disorder that prevents the usage of the numeric analog scale * Contra indications of the realization of QLB * Local infection * Allergic to the local anesthesia * Hemostasis disorder * Incapacity of giving the consent : individuals under guardianship by court order, or under judicial protection
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de nice - Anesthésie Réanimation
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, 06001, France
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Institut Arnaut Tzanck
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, 06700, France
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