# The Effect of Dexamethasone on the Duration of Interscalene Nerve Blocks With Ropivacaine or Bupivacaine

> **NCT00801138** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **The Cleveland Clinic** · enrollment: 218 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Anesthesia, Local
- Shoulder Surgery

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** saline
- **DRUG:** Dexamethasone
- **DRUG:** ropivacaine
- **DRUG:** Bupivacaine

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00801138
- **Lead sponsor:** The Cleveland Clinic
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2008-11
- **Primary completion:** 2010-11
- **Final completion:** 2010-11
- **Target enrollment:** 218 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** A strong primary outcome crosses the efficacy boundary at the interim analysis
- **Last updated:** 2017-05-01


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00801138

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00801138, "The Effect of Dexamethasone on the Duration of Interscalene Nerve Blocks With Ropivacaine or Bupivacaine". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00801138. Licensed CC0.

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