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SAPB with Mg and Buprenorphine for Surgical Pain

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Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by Wayne State University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
- Patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopy
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 24 hours
Awards & highlights
All Individual Drugs Already Approved
Approved for 10 Other Conditions
No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial will test whether adding the serratus anterior plane block (SAPB) to standard pain relief can improve postoperative pain for patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.

Eligible Conditions
  • Surgical Pain

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~24 hours
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 24 hours for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary study objectives
Post-operative total opioid consumption (oral morphine equivalents)
Visual analog scale (VAS) pain scores
Secondary study objectives
Acetaminophen consumption
Nausea
NSAID (ketorolac) consumption

Awards & Highlights

All Individual Drugs Already Approved
Therapies where all constituent drugs have already been approved are likely to have better-understood side effect profiles.
Approved for 10 Other Conditions
This treatment demonstrated efficacy for 10 other conditions.
No Placebo-Only Group
All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

3Treatment groups
Active Control
Group I: SAPB with Mg and BuprenorphineActive Control1 Intervention
40 Patients - Patients will receive 30 mL of 0.25% bupivacaine with 150 mg of Mg and 300 mcg of buprenorphine injected below the serratus anterior muscle in the caudal direction using ultrasound guidance.
Group II: SAPBActive Control1 Intervention
40 Patients - Patients will receive 30 mL of 0.25% bupivacaine injected below the serratus anterior muscle in the caudal direction using ultrasound guidance.
Group III: SAPB with MgActive Control1 Intervention
40 Patients - Patients will receive 30 mL of 0.25% bupivacaine with 150 mg of Mg injected below the serratus anterior muscle in the caudal direction using ultrasound guidance.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Wayne State UniversityLead Sponsor
314 Previous Clinical Trials
109,958 Total Patients Enrolled
~30 spots leftby Nov 2025