prolongation of pain relief by adding colloid to ropivacaine in upper arm regional anaesthesia.

Efficacy Of Hydroxyethyl-starch (HES) With Ropivacaine in Prolongation Of Analgesia With Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block: A Randomized Control Pilot Study. - NIL

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2024/09/074437

Enrollment

Registered

2024-09-26

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-22

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Intervention1: ropivacaine with HES.: ultrasound guided supraclavicular brachial plexus block using 30ml 0.5% of ropivacaine with 6% HES in aliquots. Control Intervention1: ropivcaine with normal sali

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: ASA physical status I and II Age (18-60yrs) Patients undergoing surgeries of elbow, forearm, wrist or hand.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Refusal to participate. Allergic to local anaesthetics and analgesics Local site infection. patients with known coagulopathy. Patients with severe cardiac, respiratory, renal and liver disease.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
First requirement of analgesia post operatively.Timepoint: post operatively baseline, every hourly till 4 hours, after that every 4th hourly till first requirement of analgesia.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1)Total duration of sensory & motor block. 2)SurgeonÃ¢â?¬â?¢s satisfaction & patients satisfaction score. 3)Complications like: vascular puncture, Horner syndrome, failure of block, pneumothorax, hematoma formation, local anaesthetic toxicity, delayed neurological complication, post operative nausea & vomiting. Timepoint: post operatively baseline, every hourly till 4 hours, after that every 4th hourly till first requirement of analgesia.	—

Measure

Time frame

1)Total duration of sensory & motor block. 2)SurgeonÃ¢â?¬â?¢s satisfaction & patients satisfaction score. 3)Complications like: vascular puncture, Horner syndrome, failure of block, pneumothorax, hematoma formation, local anaesthetic toxicity, delayed neurological complication, post operative nausea & vomiting. Timepoint: post operatively baseline, every hourly till 4 hours, after that every 4th hourly till first requirement of analgesia.

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Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Anshika Sagar

All India Institute of Medical Sciences,New Delhi

drgpd@aiims.edu9013232965

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 27, 2026