# Intrapleural Bupivacaine for Ipsilateral Shoulder Pain After Thoracotomy

> **NCT03862404** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre** · enrollment: 42 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Post Thoracic Surgery

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Bupivacaine-epinephrine
- **DRUG:** Normal saline

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03862404
- **Lead sponsor:** McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2017-07-01
- **Primary completion:** 2019-02-15
- **Final completion:** 2019-02-15
- **Target enrollment:** 42 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2019-03-05


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03862404

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03862404, "Intrapleural Bupivacaine for Ipsilateral Shoulder Pain After Thoracotomy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03862404. Licensed CC0.

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