# Dexamethasone & Bupivacaine vs Bupivacaine Alone in Combined Femoral and Sciatic Nerve Block for Perioperative Analgesia in Patients Undergoing Lower Limb Surgeries

> **NCT02576782** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Sherif Mohamed Abd el moneim Soaida, MD** · enrollment: 63 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pain

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Perineural Dexamethasone and bupivacaine
- **DRUG:** Systemic Dexamethasone plus perineural bupivacaine
- **DRUG:** intravenous saline plus perineural bupivacaine

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02576782
- **Lead sponsor:** Sherif Mohamed Abd el moneim Soaida, MD
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2013-06
- **Primary completion:** 2015-01
- **Final completion:** 2015-01
- **Target enrollment:** 63 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2015-10-15


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02576782

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02576782, "Dexamethasone & Bupivacaine vs Bupivacaine Alone in Combined Femoral and Sciatic Nerve Block for Perioperative Analgesia in Patients Undergoing Lower Limb Surgeries". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02576782. Licensed CC0.

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