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Effect of Adding Ultrasound Guided IPACK Block to Adductor Canal Block for Postoperative Pain in Knee Tumor Excision

Analgesic Efficacy of Adding Ultra Sound Guided IPACK Block to Adductor Canal Block for Postoperative Pain Management After Excision of Tumors Around Knee: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07382297
Enrollment
70
Registered
2026-02-02
Start date
2025-08-15
Completion date
2026-06-30
Last updated
2026-02-02

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Conditions

Cancer Pain

Brief summary

the aim of this study is to determine the analgesic effect of iPACK in combination to ACB after the excision of tumors around the Knee regarding the following: * Time to the 1st rescue analgesia. * Postoperative morphine consumption. * Postoperative visual analogue scale (VAS). This study will include patients, aged 18 to 65 years, belonging to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status II to IV , undergoing excision of tumors around the knee under spinal anesthesia. Patients will be randomly allocated Group iPACK plus Adductor canal block (ACB) : patients will receive ACB plus iPACK block. • Control group : patients will not receive any block but will take morphine 3mg bolus at VAS more than 4 and regular NSAIDS and paracetamol iv.

Detailed description

Immediate alleviation of postoperative pain after knee surgeries is critical for patients' postoperative recovery. Ineffective pain management may result in an extended hospital stay and rehabilitation period, as well as the development of chronic pain Non-opioid analgesics are insufficient to alleviate the pain that is intended to be relieved. Although using Opioids have concerns regarding their potential side effects, which encompass nausea, vomiting, respiratory depression, and addiction Multimodal analgesia, which may include preemptive analgesia, neuraxial blockade, peripheral nerve block, and narcotic and non-narcotic analgesics, is an optimal approach for the management of acute pain following knee surgeries Adductor canal block (ACB) is an interfascial plane infiltration of local anesthetic used to block a portion of the saphenous nerve, which originates in the adductor canal, as well as the obturator nerve ACB combined with an iPACK block results in significantly better postoperative visual analog scale (VAS) scores, knee ranges of motion, as well as ambulation distances compared with ACB alone

Interventions

The adductor canal will be identified. a spinal needle 22 gauge x 3.5 inches will be advanced with the guidance of ultrasound in an in-plane technique ,and 15ml of 0.5% bupivacaine will be injected then IPACK block will be performed. The probe will be applied to the popliteal fossa for identification of the popliteal artery and femur. Then, the probe will be slid distally for revealing the two femoral condyles followed by proximal sliding of the probe until the humps of the femoral condyles disappeared and the flat metaphysis appeared. a spinal needle 22G x 3.5 inches will be advanced from the lateral aspect and directed across the space between the popliteal artery and femur and once the needle reaches the medial edge of the femur, nearly at the level of the popliteal artery, negative aspiration will be confirmed and 15ml of 0.5% bupivacaine will be injected incrementally as the needle will be withdrawn

OTHERcontrol group

The probe will be positioned at the midpoint between the anterior superior iliac spine and the upper pole of the patella. The adductor canal, which is a hyperechoic structure situated beneath the sartorius muscle, will be identified but no block will be done

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute, Egypt
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study * American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status II-IV. * Patients undergoing excision of tumors around the knee under spinal anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

* Patient refusal. * Neuromuscular disorders * Allergy to local anesthetics * Previous history of knee surgery * Patients with a prior knee infection * Contraindications to spinal anesthesia as coagulopathies and severe aortic stenosis.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Time to the 1st rescue analgesia24 hours postoperativeTime to the 1st rescue analgesia

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Total morphine consumptionfirst 24 hourmorphine consumed in 1st 24 hours postoperative in mg
pain score ( visual analogue scale)at 2 hours ,4 hours,6 hours, 12 hours,18 hours and 24 h postoperativelyassessment of postoperative pain using the visual analogue scale score. the scale is a straight horizontal line (100 mm). The ends are defined as the extreme limits of pain orientated from the left (no pain) to the right (worst pain).The patient marks on the line the point that they feel represents their perception of their current state. The VAS score is determined by measuring in millimetres from the left hand end of the line to the point that the patient marks.higher VAS score means worse pain

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

CONTACTNorma Osama Abdallah Zayed, MD
norma.osama@nci.cu.edu.eg01067843111
CONTACTFady Attef, MSc
01224046183
STUDY_DIRECTORGhada Gamal Eldin Elsayed, MD

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Outcome results

None listed

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