ICNBs for Post-op Pain in Breast Surgery

Analyzing the Efficacy of Peri-operative Intercostal Nerve Blocks ICNB for Acute Postoperative Pain Control in Reconstructive Breast Surgery and Mammoplasty

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04606836

Enrollment

Registered

2020-10-28

Start date

2020-12-07

Completion date

2021-08-31

Last updated

2020-12-09

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Conditions

Length of Stay, Pain, Postoperative

Keywords

ICNB, pain

Brief summary

The authors will conduct this study to analyze the effectiveness of peri-operative intercostal nerve blocks (ICNBs) in reducing acute postoperative pain after reconstructive breast surgery and mammoplasty and how it affects the length of hospital stay.

Interventions

DRUGBupivacaine Hydrochloride

See group descriptions

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)

Masking description

The statistician will be masked to the groups the participants fall in (case vs control).

Intervention model description

Cases will be recruited prospectively and controls will be taken retrospectively

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

20 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* American Society of Anesthesiologists Classification (ASA Class) 3 and below. * Bilateral or unilateral breast surgery including cancer extirpation, reconstruction (implant and expander), oncoplastic surgery (\<200 gm), breast augmentation and breast reduction, etc.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients who refuse local anesthesia. * Patients who cannot receive local anesthesia. * Below the age of 20 and above the age of 70. * Patients requiring reoperation due to complications of mammoplasty or another breast surgery. * Poorly controlled diabetics, uncontrolled hypertension, heart disease, arrhythmias, diagnosed with bipolar and generalized anxiety disorders.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Post-operative pain	Immediately post-operation	Visual Analog Score (VAS) for pain compared between cases and controls, pain score on scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain)

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Length of Hospital Stay	Through study completion, average of 1 day	time of discharge compared with time of surgery completion; Measured in number of days spent in hospital, i.e., 1 day

Countries

United States

Contacts

Primary ContactJulianne Sutton, MPH

jsutton@klienertkutz.com5025620390

Outcome results

None listed

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