New injection could ease hip surgery recovery for seniors
NCT ID NCT07449403
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jul 02, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests whether a numbing injection called a PENG block can reduce inflammation and pain in older adults having hip replacement surgery. Sixty patients will receive either the numbing drug ropivacaine or a placebo (salt water) after spinal anesthesia. The goal is to see if the block lowers the body's stress response to surgery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Ropivacaine 0.2% Injectable Solution
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple injection that reduces pain and inflammation after hip replacement surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 60 participants. The results may not apply to everyone, and the numbing drug may not work better than a placebo.
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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 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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Sep 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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65 to 100 years
- 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: * Patients with ASA classification I-III * Aged 65-100 years * Who will be scheduled for hip arthroplasty under spinal anesthesia Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have a history of bleeding diathesis * Take anticoagulant therapy * History of chronic pain before surgery * Multiple trauma * patients unable to assess their pain (dementia) * patients operated under general anesthesia * patients having an infection in the region of the procedure * the patient who does not accept the procedure
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Poznan University of Medical Sciences
RECRUITINGPoznan, 62-701, Poland
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