# Perineural Catheter Insertion Distance for Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks

> **NCT00997867** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of California, San Diego** · enrollment: 350 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Lower Extremity Surgery
- Upper Extremity Surgery
- Post-operative Pain

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Sciatic catheter left 0-1cm past needle tip vs. 5-6cm past needle tip

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00997867
- **Lead sponsor:** University of California, San Diego
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2009-11
- **Primary completion:** 2010-10
- **Final completion:** 2010-10
- **Target enrollment:** 350 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2010-10-28


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00997867

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00997867, "Perineural Catheter Insertion Distance for Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00997867. Licensed CC0.

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