# A Phase II/III Study of Continuous Local Anesthetic Infusion in Median Sternotomy Following Cardiac Surgery

> **NCT00586976** · PHASE2,PHASE3 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Mayo Clinic** · enrollment: 125 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Cardiac Surgery

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Ropivacaine
- **DRUG:** Normal saline

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00586976
- **Lead sponsor:** Mayo Clinic
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2,PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2005-07
- **Primary completion:** 2007-06
- **Final completion:** 2008-06
- **Target enrollment:** 125 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Stopped by DSMB due to increased wound infection rate.
- **Last updated:** 2015-04-07

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00586976

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00586976, "A Phase II/III Study of Continuous Local Anesthetic Infusion in Median Sternotomy Following Cardiac Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00586976. Licensed CC0.

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