Randomized Control Trial comparing PENG (PEricapsular Nerve Group) block to femoral nerve block in patients with a neck of femur fracture

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12620000298910

Acronym

PENG RCT

Enrollment

Registered

2020-03-04

Start date

2020-03-31

Completion date

2020-11-01

Last updated

2020-03-16

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The intervention is a relatively novel hip regional block, called the PENG block. This is an injection of local anaesthetic solution into a fascial plane close to the acetabulum bone. We hypothesise that this local anaesthetic technique is more effective in preventing and relieving pain than the most commonly used regional block for hip fracture surgery, which at the moment is the femoral nerve block.

Interventions

PENG (PEricapsular Nerve Group) hip block Patient consent shall be obtained, and an information sheet and patient consent form provided. The intervention is a hip block, either the trial intervention which is the pericapsular nerve group block or the gold standard which is a femoral nerve block This shall be performed by experienced consultant anaesthetists The medication used is ropivicaine. Dose and concentration up to anaesthetist. Data shall be collected about the dose and concentrations. There are no maximum or minimum doses/concentrations prescribed. Equipment used for the regional block is a Sonoplex needle and ultrasound This block is a once off stat dose intra-op, given in operating theatres during surgery.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

45 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

NOF (Neck of Femur fracture) patients aged over 45 years, able to give first party consent

Exclusion criteria

Contraindication to regional anaesthesia, unable to give first party consent

Outcome results