Which pain block helps you heal faster after abdominal surgery?
NCT ID NCT04985695
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at two different pain-relief methods for people having open abdominal surgery (a midline cut). One group gets an epidural, the other gets numbing medicine injected into the belly muscles. The goal is to see which approach helps patients feel better and recover more quickly after surgery. About 110 adults will take part.
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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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About 110 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2021
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2029
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
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Inclusion Criteria: * ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) Class I-IV adult, with programmed midline laparotomy * Have given an informed written consent * Able to read and understand french language * Affiliation to a social security system Exclusion Criteria: * Local anesthesic contraindication (allergy, porphyria, haemolytic anaemia, uncontrolled epilepsy, or severe cardiac conduction disorders) or TEA (coagulation disorders, progressive neurological disease, or severe spinal disorder), * Epidural analgesia contraindication * With impossibility to set up bilateral rectus sheath block * Participation in another clinical study * Pregnant women * Patients deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision, * Patients undergoing psychiatric care under articles L.3212-1 and L.3213-1 of the French Public Health Code
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHR Metz Thionville Hopital de Mercy
RECRUITINGMetz, Moselle, 57085, France
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CHR Metz-Thionville Hopital Bel Air
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGThionville, 57126, France
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