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Comparison of Interscalene Catheter to Single Injection Interscalene Blocks for Total Shoulder Arthroplasties

Melinda Seering · NCT05868330

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18–90 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Phase 4
Target enrollment
56
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
August 19, 2024
Record last updated
November 10, 2025

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What the study is about

Comparison of post-operative pain after total shoulder surgery. The Principle Investigator will be comparing Exparel single shot block to Interscalene catheter

Being studied: Interscalene Catheter; Exparel Single Shot Interscalene Block

Conditions: Post Operative Pain; Anesthesia; Nerve Block; Shoulder Osteoarthritis

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Patients who have or are

  • Orthopedics service patients having reverse shoulder replacement surgery
  • ASA class I, II, or III.
  • Patients at least 18 years old but less than 90 years old.
  • Patients giving informed consent.
  • Non-Emergency Surgery

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who have or are

  • An inability to cooperate during the block placement.
  • Patients who do not meet criteria for a regional block: such as those on anti-coagulation,
  • Significant pulmonary disease or allergy to medications used for peripheral nerve blocks (Exparel, Bupivacaine and Ropivacaine)
  • Neuropathy of the planned extremity to block
  • Documented Kidney Failure
  • Documented Liver Failure
  • A lack of or inability to give informed consent.
  • Currently incarcerated.
  • Pregnant
  • Unable to communicate in English
  • Chronic pre-operative opioid use (greater than 20 MME opioid used)
  • Fracture
  • Revision surgery

Recruiting US locations

  • University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics

    Iowa City, IA 52242

    Site contact: Melinda Seering, M.D. · 319-384-8075 · melinda-seering@uiowa.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Melinda Seering, MD · 5156895508 · melinda-seering@uiowa.edu
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