# ITM vs QL for Pediatric Open Lower Abdominal Procedures

> **NCT05506930** · PHASE4 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Medical University of South Carolina** · enrollment: 14 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pain Control
- Ureteral Reimplantation
- Pediatrics
- Intrathecal Morphine

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Intrathecal Morphine
- **DRUG:** Quadratus lumborum block

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05506930
- **Lead sponsor:** Medical University of South Carolina
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2022-08-17
- **Primary completion:** 2024-05-09
- **Final completion:** 2024-05-10
- **Target enrollment:** 14 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** The study was stopped early based on the anecdotal evidence from a surgeon who felt one group was experiencing more side effects than the other. Exposing pediatric patients who would be assigned to the inferior arm was difficult to justify ethically.
- **Last updated:** 2025-04-15


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05506930

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05506930, "ITM vs QL for Pediatric Open Lower Abdominal Procedures". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-29 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05506930. Licensed CC0.

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