# Analgesic Benefits of Genicular Nerve Blocks of the Posterior Knee for Patients Undergoing ACL Reconstruction

> **NCT02008617** · PHASE4 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Northwestern University** · enrollment: 18 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Rupture of Anterior Cruciate Ligament

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Bupivacaine
- **DRUG:** Preservative free normal saline

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02008617
- **Lead sponsor:** Northwestern University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2013-12
- **Primary completion:** 2015-11
- **Final completion:** 2015-12
- **Target enrollment:** 18 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** The study was terminated due to lack of subject recruitment
- **Last updated:** 2017-04-19


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02008617

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02008617, "Analgesic Benefits of Genicular Nerve Blocks of the Posterior Knee for Patients Undergoing ACL Reconstruction". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02008617. Licensed CC0.

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