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CLONIDINE AS AN ADJUVANT TO ROPIVACAINE IN SUPRACLAVICULAR BRACHIAL PLEXUS BLOCK

CLINICAL EVALUATION OF CLONIDINE AS AN ADJUVANT TO ROPIVACAINE IN SUPRACLAVICULAR BRACHIAL PLEXUS BLOCK FOR UPPER LIMB ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY : A PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMISED, DOUBLE BLIND, CONTROLLED STUDY

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2015/10/006321
Enrollment
120
Registered
2015-10-28
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- PATIENTS PLANNED FOR UPPER LIMB ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Interventions

Intervention1: INJECTION CLONIDINE AS AN ADJUVANT TO ROPIVACAINE: INJECTION CLONIDINE 90 MICROGRAM IS ADDED AS AN ADJUVANT TO ROPIVACAINE (0.5%) 30 CC AND SOLUTION IS GIVEN IN SUPRACLAVICULAR BRACHIAL

Sponsors

Government Medical College Bhavnagar
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion Criteria • Age: 20 to 60 years. • Gender: Either gender. • Patients scheduled for elective upper limb orthopedic surgery • ASA physical status II and I. • BMI • Informed written consent for participation in study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion Criteria • Patients refusing consent. • Contraindications to regional anesthesia. • Previous nerve injury. • History of drug dependence/abuse. • History of drug allergy. • Patients taking analgesics and sedatives. • Patients on anticoagulants. • History of bleeding disorders. • Any major systemic illness. • Antenatal females.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
SENSORY AND MOTOTR CHARECTERISTICS- ONSET, PEAK, DURATION Timepoint: End of the injection was taken as Time 0. Immediately after the block, sensory and motor characteristics of blockade were assessed at 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, 30 minutes and then at hourly interval till offset of sensory and motor blockade and then at two hourly interval for 24 hours.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Duration of effective post-operative analgesia. Total dose and frequency of rescue analgesics required in 24 hours Timepoint: UP TO 24 HOURS AFTER GIVING BLOCK

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDrVatsal Zanzmera
Shah.komal@rediffmail.com9427215252

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026