# Comparing Local Anesthetics for TAP Block During Abdominally-based Free Flap for Breast Reconstruction

> **NCT03700970** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Vanderbilt University Medical Center** · enrollment: 60 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Breast Reconstruction
- Anesthesia
- Transverse Abdominis Plane Block

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Liposomal bupivacaine
- **DRUG:** Regular bupivacaine

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03700970
- **Lead sponsor:** Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2019-06-13
- **Primary completion:** 2021-03-15
- **Final completion:** 2021-03-30
- **Target enrollment:** 60 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2022-01-24


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03700970

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03700970, "Comparing Local Anesthetics for TAP Block During Abdominally-based Free Flap for Breast Reconstruction". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03700970. Licensed CC0.

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