# Trial of Injected Liposomal Bupivacaine vs Bupivacaine Infusion After Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures

> **NCT03305666** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Denver Health and Hospital Authority** · enrollment: 36 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Drug Effect
- Rib Fractures
- Rib Trauma
- Surgical Procedure, Unspecified
- Pain; Catheter (Other)
- Nerve Pain
- Local Infiltration
- Anesthesia, Local
- Intercostal Rib
- Opioid Dependence
- Chest Injury Trauma
- Pneumonia

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Liposomal bupivacaine injection
- **DRUG:** Bupivacaine indwelling catheter

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03305666
- **Lead sponsor:** Denver Health and Hospital Authority
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2017-10-05
- **Primary completion:** 2020-07-20
- **Final completion:** 2021-01-31
- **Target enrollment:** 36 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2021-09-29


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03305666

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03305666, "Trial of Injected Liposomal Bupivacaine vs Bupivacaine Infusion After Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03305666. Licensed CC0.

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