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Single Shot for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury

Phase < 1
Waitlist Available
Led By Randy Cohn, MD
Research Sponsored by Northwell Health
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up preoperatively, 3 months, 6 months
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Study Summary

This trial is testing whether it's better to give a single shot of painkiller or a continuous infusion of painkiller after knee surgery.

Eligible Conditions
  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~preoperatively, 3 months, 6 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and preoperatively, 3 months, 6 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Pain at Rest
Pain
Secondary outcome measures
Daily Opioid Consumption
IKDC - International Knee Documentation Commitee Form for Knee Function
Incidence of Disturbed Sleep
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Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Active Control
Group I: Single ShotActive Control1 Intervention
Patients will receive an adductor canal block in the operating room postoperatively as single shot of 20-30cc bupivacaine
Group II: Continuous BlockActive Control1 Intervention
Patients will have a catheter inserted into the adductor canal which will be attached up to a continuous infusion pump of bupivacaine that will have a set flow rate over the next couple days

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Northwell HealthLead Sponsor
458 Previous Clinical Trials
470,924 Total Patients Enrolled
Randy Cohn, MD4.936 ReviewsPrincipal Investigator - Northwell Health
Franklin Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, North Shore University Hospital
Medical School - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Doctor of Medicine
New York University Elaine A. and Kenneth G. Langone Medical Center, Hospital for Joint Diseases, Residency in Orthopedic Surgery
5Patient Review
They were able to see me on very short notice, for which I was grateful.

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Recent research and studies
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Continuous Vs Single Shot Block After ACL
Randy Cohn 2020. "Continuous Vs Single Shot Block After ACL". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04101682.
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