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Comparison Of Clinical Outcomes of Intraperitoneal Bupivacaine Instillation Versus Placebo as Preemptive Analgesia in Patients Undergoing Open Appendectomy

Phase I Interventional Appendectomy

For patients and families

In plain language

An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied
The protocol lists: Bupivacain, Normal Saline.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Appendectomy. Basic parameters: 20 years — 60 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
Pakistan
Next step
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Overview

To compare the clinical outcomes of intraperitoneal bupivacaine instillation vs placebo as preemptive analgesia in patients undergoing open appendectomy

Interventions

  • Drug Bupivacain
    Bupivacaine with 0.25% of concentration at the end of the operation intraperitoneally.
  • Other Normal Saline
    10ml of Normal Saline at the end of the operation intraperitoneally.

Primary outcome measures

  • Post operative pain [Time frame: 24 hours]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients presenting to the emergency department undergoing open appendectomy.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients undergoing interval appendectomy or having perforated appendix as evident by examination (abdominal tenderness/ fever) and USG findings (presence of abscess, fluid collection, or free air).
  • Uncontrolled medical disease (DM: BSL >200mg/dl, HTN: BP >140/90)
  • History of chronic kidney or liver disease/ psychiatric illness/ Active peptic ulcer disease (as determined on history and medical records)
  • Alcoholics
  • History of chronic pain or patients on analgesic medications
  • Pregnant females
  • History of allergy to bupivacaine/ ketorolac as determined on history
  • Children, Adolescents and patients with mental illness.

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
Single blind
Primary purpose
Supportive care

Study locations

Pakistan · 1 center
  • Services Institute of Medical Sciences/ Services Hospital Lahore — Lahore

Identifiers

NCT: NCT07429448 · 14

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗