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Study NCT ID: NCT07232992
Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Last Update Posted: 2025-11-19
First Post: 2025-11-14
Is NOT Gene Therapy: True
Has Adverse Events: False

Brief Title: Serratus Posterior Superior Intercostal Plane Block for Postoperative Analgesia in Open-Heart Surgery
Sponsor: Bursa City Hospital
Organization:

Study Overview

Official Title: The Effectiveness of the Serratus Posterior Superior Intercostal Plane Block on Postoperative Analgesia and Recovery in Open-heart Surgery: A Prospective, Double-blind, Randomized Controlled Trial.
Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Status Verified Date: 2025-11
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: Postoperative pain following open-heart surgery is a significant challenge that may negatively affect recovery and overall clinical outcomes. Due to the risks and contraindications associated with neuraxial techniques, the use of fascial plane blocks has increased in recent years. In patients undergoing cardiac surgery, the location and intensity of postoperative pain may vary daily. However, during the first 24 hours, pain is typically most pronounced at the median sternotomy incision site and at the insertion sites of chest, mediastinal, and pleural drains.

Current postoperative analgesia practices in open-heart surgery commonly include multimodal regimens using simple analgesics such as paracetamol and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, combined with a regional anesthesia technique such as the parasternal block. The Serratus Posterior Superior Intercostal Plane Block (SPSIPB) is an interfascial plane block that involves the injection of local anesthetic between the serratus posterior superior and intercostal muscles, providing wide dermatomal coverage from the upper cervical to lower thoracic regions. Although the technique has been used successfully in individual clinical cases, no randomized controlled studies have been conducted to evaluate its efficacy in open-heart surgery.

This study aims to compare the postoperative analgesic effectiveness of the SPSIPB with a combination of parasternal block and local anesthetic infiltration at drain insertion sites in patients undergoing open-heart surgery.
Detailed Description: Postoperative pain following open-heart surgery is a significant challenge that may negatively affect recovery and overall clinical outcomes. Due to the risks and contraindications associated with neuraxial techniques, the use of fascial plane blocks has increased in recent years. In patients undergoing cardiac surgery, the location and intensity of postoperative pain may vary daily. However, during the first 24 hours, pain is typically most pronounced at the median sternotomy incision site and at the insertion sites of chest, mediastinal, and pleural drains.

Current postoperative analgesia practices in open-heart surgery commonly include multimodal regimens using simple analgesics such as paracetamol and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, combined with a regional anesthesia technique such as the parasternal block. The Serratus Posterior Superior Intercostal Plane Block (SPSIPB) is an interfascial plane block that involves the injection of local anesthetic between the serratus posterior superior and intercostal muscles, providing wide dermatomal coverage from the upper cervical to lower thoracic regions. Although the technique has been used successfully in individual clinical cases, no randomized controlled studies have been conducted to evaluate its efficacy in open-heart surgery.

This study aims to compare the postoperative analgesic effectiveness of the SPSIPB with a combination of parasternal block and local anesthetic infiltration at drain insertion sites in patients undergoing open-heart surgery.

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: False
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: False
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: