# Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block in Laparoscopic Gastric-bypass Surgery

> **NCT01568437** · PHASE3 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University Health Network, Toronto** · enrollment: 70 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Gastric-bypass Surgery
- Opioid Consumption
- Obesity

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** TAP-Block
- **OTHER:** Conventional Managment

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01568437
- **Lead sponsor:** University Health Network, Toronto
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2012-01
- **Primary completion:** 2013-01
- **Final completion:** 2013-03
- **Target enrollment:** 70 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2015-12-09


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01568437

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01568437, "Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block in Laparoscopic Gastric-bypass Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-15 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01568437. Licensed CC0.

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