Subpectoral Plexus Block With Multi-level TPVB for Surgical Anesthesia During Primary Breast Cancer Surgery
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Subpectoral plexus block (low dose), Subpectoral plexus block (High dose).
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Breast Cancer. Basic parameters: 18 years — 80 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Hong Kong
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Official title
Ultrasound-guided Subpectoral Plexus Block With Multi-level Thoracic Paravertebral Block for Surgical Anaesthesia During Primary Breast Cancer Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Double-blind Trial
Overview
The objective of this study is to compare two different doses of local anesthetics (10ml vs 20ml of 0.25% levobupivacaine) for subpectoral plexus block (SPPB) in addition to ultrasound guided multi-level of thoracic paravertebral block (m-TPVB) for surgical anaesthesia for major primary breast cancer surgery.
Detailed description
Primary breast cancer surgery is one of the most commonly performed surgeries worldwide. It is associated with significant acute postoperative pain and a high incidence of chronic postsurgical pain. Regional anaesthetic techniques are shown to improve outcomes such as postoperative analgesia, nausea, vomiting, delirium and promote early recovery. Currently majority of the breast cancer surgery is performed under general anaesthesia with a multimodal analgesic regimen with or without regional blocks. In fact, it is proved that breast cancer surgery can be done solely under regional anesthesia using multilevel thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB) with deep sedation, but rescue analgesia are often required intraoperatively, especially when surgeons handles the pectoralis muscle. Current evidence suggest that pectoral nerves, which are often described as a pure motor nerves that control movements only, also able to send noxious stimulation such as pain from the pectoral muscles and its deep fascia (via afferent nociceptive fibers) to the brain. Principal investigator proposes that adding a subpectoral plexus block (SPPB) will stop a wider spectrum of afferent nociceptive fibers from sending any pain signals than having thoracic paravertebral block alone. However, there is no report on the amount of local anaesthetic (LA) required to achieve surgical anaesthesia for breast surgery. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of two different doses (10ml vs 20ml of 0.25% levobupivacaine) of local anaesthetic (LA) for subpectoral plexus in addition to 3 levels of TPVB injections at T2, T4, and T6 under ultrasound guidance for surgical anaesthesia for major breast cancer surgery.
Interventions
- Procedure Subpectoral plexus block (low dose)
It is one type of peripheral nerve blocks for surgery over the chest. Patients will have an ultrasound scan and nerve block with local anesthetic (LA) agent (0.25% levobupivacaine 10ml) injected 2 target sites through one skin puncture. One at the myofascial plane between the pectoralis major and minor (5ml of LA) and then under direct ultrasound visualization, the needle will be redirected and the remaining 5ml of LA will be injected at the plane between the pectoralis minor and the serratus an - Procedure Subpectoral plexus block (High dose)
It is one type of peripheral nerve blocks for surgery over the chest. Patients will have an ultrasound scan and nerve block with local anesthetic (LA) agent (0.25% levobupivacaine 20ml) injected 2 target sites through one skin puncture. One at the myofascial plane between the pectoralis major and minor (10ml of LA) and then under direct ultrasound visualization, the needle will be redirected and the remaining 10ml of LA will be injected at the plane between the pectoralis minor and the serratus
Primary outcome measures
- Proportion of patients requiring intraoperative ketamine [Time frame: during surgery]
Secondary outcome measures (4)
- Total amount of rescue ketamine used [Time frame: during surgery]
- Specific surgical region requiring rescue ketamine [Time frame: during surgery]
- Pain score on admission at Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU) [Time frame: Assessed once on admission at Post Anaesthetic Care Unit immediately after surgery]
- Pain score at Discharge of Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU) [Time frame: immediately before discharge from PACU]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- scheduled for mastectomy, modified radical mastectomy or breast conservative surgery with lymph node biopsy and with or without axillary dissection
Exclusion criteria
- local skin site infection
- coagulopathy
- history of allergy to local anesthetics
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Double blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Hong Kong · 1 center
- North District Hospital — Sheung Shui
Identifiers
NCT: NCT04933266 · 2021.248-T mTPVB SPPB Ver 2