# Comparing Subsartorial Saphenous Nerve Blocks With and Without Dexamethasone for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

> **NCT01586806** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Hospital for Special Surgery, New York** · enrollment: 195 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
- Regional Anesthesia, Saphenous Nerve Block

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Bupivacaine Only
- **DRUG:** Bupivacaine with 1 mg of Dexamethasone
- **DRUG:** Bupivacaine with 4 mg of Dexamethasone

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01586806
- **Lead sponsor:** Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2012-07
- **Primary completion:** 2014-11
- **Final completion:** 2014-12
- **Target enrollment:** 195 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2016-11-28


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01586806

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01586806, "Comparing Subsartorial Saphenous Nerve Blocks With and Without Dexamethasone for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01586806. Licensed CC0.

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