# Comparison of Caudal Blockade and Dorsal Penile Nerve Block With and Without the Intravenous Administration of Dexamethasone for Analgesia After Paediatric Male Circumcision

> **NCT05598255** · PHASE4 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Algemeen Ziekenhuis Maria Middelares** · enrollment: 54 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Analgesic Effect

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Dexamethasone
- **PROCEDURE:** Caudale Blockade with levobupivacaine
- **PROCEDURE:** Dorsal penile nerve block with levobupivacaine

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05598255
- **Lead sponsor:** Algemeen Ziekenhuis Maria Middelares
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2022-07-01
- **Primary completion:** 2024-12-31
- **Final completion:** 2025-01-01
- **Target enrollment:** 54 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** The study was stopped early due to low recruitment, an extended projected timeline, and the need to transfer the study to CTIS, which made continuation unfeasible.
- **Last updated:** 2025-06-05


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05598255

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05598255, "Comparison of Caudal Blockade and Dorsal Penile Nerve Block With and Without the Intravenous Administration of Dexamethasone for Analgesia After Paediatric Male Circumcision". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05598255. Licensed CC0.

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