Nerve block for pain after knee replacement
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Pain clinical trials.
This trial tests a nerve block that helps manage pain after total knee replacement surgery. It may reduce the need for strong painkillers and improve your recovery. The study is for people having their first knee replacement on one knee.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are between 45 and 90 years old.
- You are having a first-time total knee replacement on one knee only (not both at once or a repeat surgery).
- You are in generally good health (classified as ASA I–III by your anesthesiologist).
- You are not regularly taking strong painkillers (more than 30 mg morphine equivalents per day) and your current knee pain is not severe (score 4 or less on a 0–10 scale).
- You do not have nerve damage in your legs or an allergy to the local anesthetic ropivacaine.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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