New nerve block may speed recovery after hip surgery
NCT ID NCT06321718
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested two different nerve block techniques to control pain and help patients regain muscle strength after hip fracture surgery. 96 adults with a hip fracture received either a PENG block plus lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block or a supra-inguinal fascia iliaca compartment block. Researchers measured how quickly patients could move their leg again and their pain levels.
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 (PENG + LFCN block or S-FICB)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point to a better nerve block method for hip surgery that reduces pain and speeds up muscle recovery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed trial with 96 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The benefit over standard care may be modest.
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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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96 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2024
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- 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
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: 1. All hip trauma patients ≥ 18 years' old 2. ASA class I, II, and III 3. Solitary hip fracture Exclusion Criteria: 1. Neurological disturbance either baseline or traumatic brain injury 2. Contraindications for regional anesthesia as bleeding disorders, infection at site of injection, or hypersensitivity to the used local anesthetics. 3. Patient refusal. 4. Massive poly trauma. 5. Uncooperative patient
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Assiut university, faculty of medicine
Asyut, Asyut Governorate, 71515, Egypt
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