# Trial to Compare Femoral Nerve Block With Local Anaesthetic Injection for Post-operative Pain After Knee Replacement.

> **NCT02288923** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust** · enrollment: 199 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Arthritis Knee

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Femoral nerve block
- **PROCEDURE:** Local Infiltration Analgesia
- **PROCEDURE:** Sub arachnoid analgesia
- **PROCEDURE:** Sedation or general anaesthesia
- **DRUG:** Pre-medication
- **DRUG:** Intra-operative medication
- **DRUG:** Post-operative analgesia - morphine
- **DRUG:** Post-operative analgesia - ibuprofen and paracetamol
- **DRUG:** Regular anti emetics

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02288923
- **Lead sponsor:** Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2015-03
- **Primary completion:** 2018-07-01
- **Final completion:** 2018-07-01
- **Target enrollment:** 199 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2019-03-28


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02288923

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02288923, "Trial to Compare Femoral Nerve Block With Local Anaesthetic Injection for Post-operative Pain After Knee Replacement.". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02288923. Licensed CC0.

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