# Enhanced Recovery Strategies in Elective Breast Surgery

> **NCT03187080** · PHASE4 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **University of Wisconsin, Madison** · enrollment: 113 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pain, Acute
- Nausea
- Vomiting, Postoperative
- Opioid Use
- Satisfaction

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Paravertebral block procedure using either local anesthetic (0.25% bupivacaine) or sterile saline
- **OTHER:** Enhanced recovery after breast surgery (ERABS) strategies
- **PROCEDURE:** Sham paravertebral block using saline
- **DRUG:** Paravertebral block using local anesthetic

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03187080
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Wisconsin, Madison
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2017-10-19
- **Primary completion:** 2021-06-15
- **Final completion:** 2021-06-15
- **Target enrollment:** 113 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** per Research Hold
- **Last updated:** 2024-08-23


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03187080

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03187080, "Enhanced Recovery Strategies in Elective Breast Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03187080. Licensed CC0.

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