Pain Control for Undergoing Costal Cartilage Harvesting
A Phase IV Randomized, Single-Blind Trial of Liposomal Bupivacaine (Exparel®) for Pain Control in Costal Cartilage Harvest
Mayo Clinic
60 participants
May 4, 2022
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The purpose of this study is to find out whether injecting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved drug EXPAREL®, a long acting (approximately 96 hours) numbing medication, will reduce pain after rib cartilage removal in comparison to the standard injection of XYLOCAINE®.
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Interventions
106mg (8 mL) subcutaneous injection injected after costal cartilage harvest
8 mL of 1% lidocaine with 1:100,000 of epinephrine into costal cartilage wound site
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NCT05285566