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PENG Block vs FNB + ONB in Patients Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery With Contraindications to Neuraxial Anesthesia

Pericapsular Nerve Group (PENG) Block vs Femoral Nerve Block (FNB) + Obturator Nerve Block (ONB) in Patients Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery With Contraindications to Neuraxial Anesthesia

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06457880
Acronym
PENG/FNB+ONB
Enrollment
40
Registered
2024-06-13
Start date
2022-01-01
Completion date
2024-06-01
Last updated
2024-06-14

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Conditions

Hip Fractures, Pain, Postoperative, Coagulopathy, Comorbidities and Coexisting Conditions

Brief summary

The aim of the study is to demonstrate the efficacy of PENG block as the main anesthetic technique to manage perioperative analgesia for hip fracture surgery compared to femoral and obturator nerve block in patients with contraindications to spinal anesthesia.

Interventions

PROCEDUREPENG BLOCK

Preoperative ultrasound guided PENG block (ropivacaine 0.5 % 20 mL)

PROCEDUREFemoral Nerve Block

Preoperative ultrasound guided femoral nerve block (ropivacaine 0.5 % 15 mL)

Preoperative ultrasound guided obturator nerve block (ropivacaine 0.5 % 5 mL)

Sponsors

Campus Bio-Medico University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* patients undergo hip surgery * patients with contraindications at spinal anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

* allergy at local anesthetic * age under 18 or weight under 30

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Pain following regional anesthesia30 minutesPreoperative pain score following regional anesthesia execution expressed by numerical rating scale 0-10
Postoperative pain24 hoursPostoperative pain score expressed by a numerical rating scale 0-10
preoperative pain30 minutesPreoperative pain score expressed by numerical rating scale 0-10

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Morphine milligrams (mg) consumption24 hoursneeded opioid rescue therapy

Countries

Italy

Outcome results

None listed

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