# Comparing Pain Relief Between Exparel® Injection vs. On-Q Catheter as the Postsurgical Analgesia Following Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)

> **NCT02739230** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Rothman Institute Orthopaedics**

## Conditions studied

- Osteoarthritis: Joint Replacement Surgery

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Exparel
- **DRUG:** On-Q pain intra-articular catheter

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02739230
- **Lead sponsor:** Rothman Institute Orthopaedics
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2013-12
- **Primary completion:** 2015-10
- **Final completion:** —
- **Target enrollment:** — (—)
- **Last updated:** 2016-04-15


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02739230

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02739230, "Comparing Pain Relief Between Exparel® Injection vs. On-Q Catheter as the Postsurgical Analgesia Following Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02739230. Licensed CC0.

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