# Intertransverse Process Block to Improve Quality of Recovery After Cardiac Surgery With Sternotomy

> **NCT06926764** · NA · NOT_YET_RECRUITING · sponsor: **Chinese University of Hong Kong** · enrollment: 100 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Acute Postoperative Pain

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Intertransverse process block
- **PROCEDURE:** Sham Block
- **DRUG:** Levobupivacaine 0.25%
- **DRUG:** Sodium Chloride (NaCl) 0.9 %
- **DEVICE:** Ultrasound guided injection with local anaestethic

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT06926764
- **Lead sponsor:** Chinese University of Hong Kong
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2025-11
- **Primary completion:** 2027-11
- **Final completion:** 2027-11
- **Target enrollment:** 100 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2025-04-16


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06926764

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT06926764, "Intertransverse Process Block to Improve Quality of Recovery After Cardiac Surgery With Sternotomy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT06926764. Licensed CC0.

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