NCT07367581Recruiting
Costotransverse Foramen Block Versus Thoracic Paravertebral Block in Thoracotomy for Lung Cancer
Costotransverse Foramen Block Versus Thoracic Paravertebral Block in Thoracotomy for Lung Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 27 Jan 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study aims to compare the costotransverse foramen block (CTFB) with thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB) in patients undergoing thoracotomy for lung cancer.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 70 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 17 Jan 2026
- Start date
- 24 Jan 2026
- Primary completion date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Lead sponsor
- National Cancer Institute, Egypt
- Diseases
- Lung cancer
- NCT number
- NCT07367581
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 70
- From 24 Jan 2026 to the primary completion date, 1 Jun 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Patients on chronic pain therapy.
Other illness
- History of sensitivity to local anesthetics.
- History of psychological disorders.
- Severe respiratory, cardiac, hepatic, or renal disease.
Other
- Patient refusal.
- Contraindication to regional anesthesia, e.g., local sepsis, pre-existing peripheral neuropathies, and coagulopathy.
- Morbid obesity.
- Uncooperative patients.
Who the study is looking for
- Age \> 18 years and ≤ 65 years old.
- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status II-III.
- Body mass index 18-35 kg/m2.
- Patients scheduled for thoracotomies for lung cancer.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 65 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairo University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cairo | Egypt | Recruiting |
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