WALANT versus brachial plexus Block for Distal Radius Fracture Fixation

Wide Awake Local Anesthesia without Tourniquet (WALANT) versus Supraclavicular brachial plexus Block for Distal Radius Fracture Fixation: A non-inferiority trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202407490456486

Enrollment

150

Registered

2024-07-23

Start date

2024-07-07

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Surgery Anaesthesia

Interventions

Wide Awake Local Anesthesia without Tourniquet

Supraclavicular brachial plexus Block

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - both sex aged 18-75 years old, - diagnosed with distal radius fracture, scheduled for surgical fixation (volar plating), and - classified as class I , II and III according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status score.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - polytrauma patients - patients refusing regional anesthesia - bleeding diathesis, needle phobia, anxiety, peripheral vascular disease - known hypersensitivity to any of the study medication.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary outcome will be is the success of the block (conduction of surgery with either techniques) without need to add sedative drugs or shift to general anesthesia.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Total morphine consumption	—

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public ContactMay Badr

Mansoura university faculty of medicine

mayelsherbiny@mans.edu.eg+201007193959

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026