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Ultrasound Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane(TAP) Block in Intensive Care Unit

Ultrasound Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane(TAP) Block in Intensive Care Unit(ICU) for Postoperative Analgesia After Open Colon Resection: a Double Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03198338
Enrollment
46
Registered
2017-06-26
Start date
2017-07-01
Completion date
2017-12-31
Last updated
2017-06-26

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

Conditions

Colon Neoplasm, Perforated Bowel, Perforated Colon, Rectum Neoplasm

Brief summary

The Transversus Abdominis Block (TAP) block is known to be an effective means of reducing patient pain after abdominal surgery. In the meantime, the general TAP block has been studied in patients who were in the recovery room and the ward after surgery. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of pain reduction and opioid saving effects in patients with TAP block in ICU settings.

Detailed description

This study is a prospective study in a single institute of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital and is assigned to the test group and the control group by random assignment. In both groups, PCA (Patient Controlled Analgesia) was used as a post-operative pain control modality. In the Intervention group, a 0.25% Bupivacaine was used for transverse nerve block , and normal saline was used for placebo(control) group The TAP block will be performed within 1 hour after entering the intensive care unit (ICU) in double blinded state

Interventions

DRUG0.25% Bupivacaine, 0.5mL/kg

Ultrasound guided TAP block using 0.25% Bupivacaine, 0.5ml/kg

DRUGNormal Saline

0.9% Normal Saline

DEVICEUltrasound

Ultrasound guided TAP block

Sponsors

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Masking description

Drugs that are not directly involved in the study are delivered to the practitioner without specific labeling of the drug to be used in the block. The practitioner, the patient, and the observer all undergo TAP block without knowing which group the patient belongs to.

Intervention model description

Randomized Double Blind study

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Adults over 20 years of age * Patients who entered the intensive care unit for monitoring and recovery after colonic resection through laparotomy * Patients who voluntarily sign a written informed consent and know they have the right to withdraw their consent at any time.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients who are unconscious and require sedation below the Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale (-2) Patients who need continuous renal replacement therapy, cardiopulmonary bypass Patients with a history of allergic reactions to local anesthetics Patients resistant to narcotic analgesics (users of existing long-term narcotic analgesics) Patients who can not use self-analgesic treatment Patients who underwent surgery for organs other than abdomen and pelvis Patients with severe blood clotting disorders with a Prothrombin Time International normalized ratio of 2.0 or greater and Platelet less than 50,000

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
opioid consumption up to 24 hours24hour after TAP blockThe total amount of IV Fentanyl (10mcg/cc) used by the patients for 24 hours. Patient Controlled Analgesia will be used.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
resting pain score2hour, 6hour, 12hour, 24hour after TAP blockresting Numeric Rating Scale, 0-10, 0= no pain, 10= most severe pain
Nausea score2hour, 6hour, 12hour, 24hour after TAP blockNausea score, 0=none, 1=nausea symptom, 2- nausea requiring treatment, 3=vomiting
sedation score2hour, 6hour, 12hour, 24hour after TAP block0- awake, 1- mild sedation, easy to rouse, 1s= asleep, easy to rouse, 2-moderate sedation, unable to remain awake, 3- difficult to rouse

Countries

South Korea

Contacts

Primary ContactTak Kyu Oh, M.D.
airohtak@hotmail.com82-10-2602-5950
Backup ContactIn Ae Song, M.D. Ph.D.
songoficu@outlook.kr

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026