Buprenorphine, Clonidine, and Dexamethasone on Duration of Brachial Plexus Blocks for Upper Extremity Surgery
Phase 4
120
about 3.3 years
18+
1 site in IL
What this study is about
Researchers are testing if adding buprenorphine, clonidine, and dexamethasone to interscalene brachial plexus blocks reduces the need for morphine after upper extremity surgery. The trial will last 1218 days and involve approximately 120 adults.
Simplified from trial records by PatientMatch.
What you may be asked to do
- 1.Take Interscalene block with buprenorphine alone
- 2.Take Interscalene block with the addition of buprenorphine, clonidine, dexamethasone
Participation Burden
What's physically and logistically required of participants.
Requires travel to a study site
How treatment is administered
You may get a placebo/standard care, and you won't know which.
Extracted study details
Pulled from the trial record to show what is being tested and what the study is measuring.
opioid partial agonist (Partial opioid agonist; relieves pain and treats opioid dependence), clonidine, dexamethasone, corticosteroid (Glucocorticoid; potent anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant)
sublingual, injection, ocular
Secondary: Pain reported via a numeric rating scale (NRS)