# Unilateral TAP Block for Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve Surgery

> **NCT03856788** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai** · enrollment: 43 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
- Subcostal Transversus Abdominis Plane Block

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Saline
- **DRUG:** Bupivacaine

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03856788
- **Lead sponsor:** Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2018-12-10
- **Primary completion:** 2021-03-25
- **Final completion:** 2021-03-25
- **Target enrollment:** 43 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2022-10-17


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03856788

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03856788, "Unilateral TAP Block for Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03856788. Licensed CC0.

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