Chloroprocaine Outpatient



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Orthopedic
Therapuetic Areas:Orthopedics / Podiatry
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - 80
Updated:12/21/2018
Start Date:June 24, 2018
End Date:September 2019
Contact:David Kim, MD
Email:kimd@hss.edu
Phone:212 774 2602

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria

A Comparison Study to Facilitate Earlier Discharge: Spinal Versus General Anesthesia for Outpatient Knee Surgeries, a Randomized Controlled Study

Outpatient knee surgeries with duration of less than one hour pose a challenge to the use of
spinal anesthesia given that traditional agents remain in effect for 2-3 hours, thus creating
a mismatch between length of surgery and anesthetic resolution. The investigators hypothesize
that the use of chloroprocaine can combine the benefits of a short spinal anesthetic while
avoiding the side effects of a general anesthetic, thus promoting earlier discharge.


Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients scheduled for a knee arthroscopy that is anticipated to be less than one hour

- Age 18 to 80 years

- Ability to follow study protocol

- English speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

- Hepatic or renal insufficiency

- Younger than 18 years old and older than 80

- Allergy or intolerance to one of the study medications

- Chronic gabapentin/pregabalin use (regular use for longer than 3 months)

- Chronic opioid use (taking opioids for longer than 3 months)

- Patients unable to undergo a spinal anesthetic or Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA)/GA or
patient refusal to spinal anesthesia or LMA/GA
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Hospital for Special Surgery
535 E 70th St
New York, New York 10021
(212) 606-1000
Phone: 646-714-6794
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