Pain block study for back surgery withdrawn before it began
NCT ID NCT06154980
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aimed to compare giving a TLIP nerve block before spine fusion surgery using ultrasound versus giving it during surgery without ultrasound. The goal was to see which method better controlled pain and reduced opioid use. However, the study was withdrawn before enrolling any participants, so no conclusions can be drawn.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Ropivacaine
- What this could lead to
- If it had succeeded, this could have pointed to a better way to manage pain after spine surgery, possibly reducing opioid use.
- What could go wrong
- The study was withdrawn before any participants were enrolled, so no results are available. Even if conducted, it was a small, single-center trial with limited generalizability.
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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.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Finished
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Oct 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: * greater than or equal to 18 years of age on the date of service * require a 1 to 3 level posterior laminectomy with fusion * compliant with study requirements and outpatient follow-up * a daily MME less than 25 MME per day in the per-operative period Exclusion Criteria: * younger than 18 years of age on the date of service * does not consent to participating in the program or to be refusal to follow-up at 2-3 weeks, 4-6 weeks, and 3 months post-operatively * requiring revision surgery at the same level for posterior laminectomy with fusion * a daily MME score \>25 MME/day in the pre-operative period will be excluded * a positive drug screen for cocaine and/or tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), defined in the standard Corewell Drugs of Abuse Screening as cocaine \> 300 ng/mL and cannabinoid \> 50 ng/mL-any * ongoing lawsuits, workers compensation, and litigation will be excluded.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, Michigan, 48073, United States
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