# The Effect of Pre-Operative Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block in the Post Operative Opioid Consumption in Morbid Obese Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery: A Prospective,Randomized, Blinded Study

> **NCT01075087** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Northwestern University** · enrollment: 19 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pain
- Obesity
- Surgery

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Placebo
- **DRUG:** (study group) will receive a bilateral TAP block using 20 cc of 0.5% ropivacaine on each side.

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01075087
- **Lead sponsor:** Northwestern University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2010-03
- **Primary completion:** 2012-07
- **Final completion:** 2012-08
- **Target enrollment:** 19 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2014-06-26


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01075087

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01075087, "The Effect of Pre-Operative Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block in the Post Operative Opioid Consumption in Morbid Obese Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery: A Prospective,Randomized, Blinded Study". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01075087. Licensed CC0.

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