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NCT07380503Completed

Analgesic Efficacy of Adding Different Doses of Dexmedetomidine as Adjuvants With Bupivacaine vs.Bupivacaine Only in Ultrasound-guided Erector Spinae Plane Block in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery. A Randomized Controlled Double Blinded Study.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 9 Mar 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Analgesic Efficacy of adding different doses of dexmedetomidine as adjuvants with bupivacaine vs. bupivacaine only in ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block in morbidly obese patients undergoing Laparoscopic Bariatric surgery. A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED DOUBLE BLINDED STUDY.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
78 (actual)
First submitted
20 Nov 2025
Start date
1 Jan 2025
Primary completion date
30 Aug 2025
Lead sponsor
Cairo University
Diseases
Obesity
NCT number
NCT07380503

What you commit to

  • Study type: Observational
  • Participants enrolled: 78
  • From 1 Jan 2025 to the primary completion date, 30 Aug 2025
  • 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

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Other illness

  • Known allergy to local anesthetics and adjuvant drugs used (dexamedatomedine)
  • Neurological disorders
  • Patient with psychiatric disorders

Lab values

  • Bleeding disorders; platelets count \<50,000, prothrombin concentration \< 60% or any coagulopathy disorder.

Other

  • Patient refusal
  • Use of any anti-coagulants
  • Inability to provide informed consent
  • ASA -IV
  • Failed block is claimed if the patient required more than 2 doses of rescue analgesia in the first 2 hrs post operative , failed block cases will be recorded , excluded and managed according to the institutional regulations (opioid analgesia).

Who the study is looking for

  • Age starting from 21 to 60 years.
  • Genders eligible for study: Male and female sexes.
  • ASA I-III
  • Undergoing Laparoscopic bariatric surgery.
  • BMI \> = 40.

Age in the registry: 21 years to 60 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Ahmed Abdalla Mohamed
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CairoEgyptUnknown status

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