# Efficacy of Rectal Sheath Analgesia After Midline Laparotomy

> **NCT02869841** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Kuopio University Hospital** · enrollment: 57 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Surgery
- Pain Postoperative

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Levobupivacaine continuous infusion
- **DRUG:** levobupivacaine bolus dosing
- **DRUG:** single bolus of levobupivacaine
- **OTHER:** Placebo

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02869841
- **Lead sponsor:** Kuopio University Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2012-01
- **Primary completion:** 2018-07
- **Final completion:** 2022-12-31
- **Target enrollment:** 57 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2023-10-27

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02869841

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02869841, "Efficacy of Rectal Sheath Analgesia After Midline Laparotomy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-07 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02869841. Licensed CC0.

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