# Does an Abdominal Wall Nerve Block During Surgery Help Reduce Pain From Kidney Transplantation?

> **NCT05280197** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **The Cleveland Clinic** · enrollment: 224 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Kidney Transplantation

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** TAP block
- **PROCEDURE:** TAP block
- **DRUG:** liposomal bupivacaine plus free bupivacaine
- **DRUG:** normal saline

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05280197
- **Lead sponsor:** The Cleveland Clinic
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2022-01-08
- **Primary completion:** 2023-03-24
- **Final completion:** 2023-11-08
- **Target enrollment:** 224 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2025-06-18


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05280197

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05280197, "Does an Abdominal Wall Nerve Block During Surgery Help Reduce Pain From Kidney Transplantation?". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05280197. Licensed CC0.

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