NCT07890857Not yet recruitingPhase 4
Superficial Parasternal Block Combined With Rectus Sheath Block for Open Cardiac Surgery
Efficacy of Superficial Parasternal Block Combined With Rectus Sheath Block in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery With Sternotomy A Randomized Controlled, Double Blind Trial (Cardiac Block Trial)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The investigators will examine whether the combination of a superficial parasternal block and rectus sheath block with multimodal analgesia can enhance postoperative pain control and reduce opioid administration when compared to multimodal analgesia alone, in participants undergoing cardiac surgery and receiving standardized multimodal analgesia.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 100 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 16 Sept 2026
- Start date
- 1 Nov 2026
- Primary completion date
- 1 Nov 2028
- Lead sponsor
- Hôpital du Valais
- Diseases
- Coronary artery disease
- NCT number
- NCT07890857
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 4
- Planned participants: 100
- From 1 Nov 2026 to the primary completion date, 1 Nov 2028
- 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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Lab values
- • Participation in another study within the 30 days preceding and during the present study
- Emergency cardiac surgery
- Previous cardiac surgery
- Hypersensitivity or allergy to ropivacaine and other amide-class LA
- History of chronic pain
- History of substance abuse
- Renal dysfunction (i.e. creatinine clearance ≤ 30 ml/min)
- Severe cardiac dysfunction (i.e. LVEF ≤ 35%)
- Severe obesity (BMI \> 40 kg/m2)
Who the study is looking for
- Body weight ≥ 50 kg.
- Primary cardiac surgery via a median sternotomy approach
- Planned for fast-track procedure (i.e. postoperative extubation time of maximum six hours)
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHVR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sion | Switzerland | Unknown status |
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