Clinical Trial Results:
            Postoperative analgesia after elective hip surgery - effect of obturator nerve blockade
    
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                 Summary 
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    EudraCT number  | 
        2017-000068-14 | 
    Trial protocol  | 
        DK | 
    Global end of trial date  | 
        
                                    08 Jun 2018
                             
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                 Results information 
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    Results version number  | 
        v1(current) | 
    This version publication date  | 
        
                                    27 Nov 2019
                             
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    First version publication date  | 
        
                                    27 Nov 2019
                             
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        Trial Information
Subject Disposition
Baseline Characteristics
End Points
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    Subject Disposition
Baseline Characteristics
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                 Trial identification 
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    Sponsor protocol code  | 
        
                                    HIP/FUSION#2
                             
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                 Additional study identifiers 
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    ISRCTN number  | 
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    US NCT number  | 
        NCT03064165 | ||
    WHO universal trial number (UTN)  | 
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                 Sponsors 
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    Sponsor organisation name  | 
        
                                    Thomas Fichtner Bendtsen
                             
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    Sponsor organisation address  | 
        
                                    Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 165, Aarhus N, Denmark, 
                             
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    Public contact  | 
        
                                    Niels Dalsgaard Nielsen, Elective Surgery Center, +45 22838334, nielsdn@dadlnet.dk
                             
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    Scientific contact  | 
        
                                    Niels Dalsgaard Nielsen, Elective Surgery Center, +45 22838334, nielsdn@dadlnet.dk
                             
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                 Paediatric regulatory details 
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    Is trial part of an agreed paediatric investigation plan (PIP)  | 
        
                                        No
                                 
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    Does article 45 of REGULATION (EC) No 1901/2006 apply to this trial?  | 
        
                                        No
                                 
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    Does article 46 of REGULATION (EC) No 1901/2006 apply to this trial?  | 
        
                                        No
                                 
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                 Results analysis stage 
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    Analysis stage  | 
        
                                    Final
                             
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    Date of interim/final analysis  | 
        
                                    14 Jun 2018
                             
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    Is this the analysis of the primary completion data?  | 
        
                                        Yes
                                 
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    Primary completion date  | 
        
                                    08 Jun 2018
                             
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    Global end of trial reached?  | 
        
                                        Yes
                                 
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    Global end of trial date  | 
        
                                    08 Jun 2018
                             
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    Was the trial ended prematurely?  | 
        
                                        No
                                 
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                 General information about the trial 
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    Main objective of the trial  | 
        
                                    To estimate the effect of obturator nerve blockade on postoperative opioid consumption 0-12 hours after total hip replacement.
                             
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    Protection of trial subjects  | 
        
                                    No specific measures was observed.
                             
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    Background therapy  | 
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    Evidence for comparator  | 
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    Actual start date of recruitment  | 
        
                                    01 May 2017
                             
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    Long term follow-up planned  | 
        
                                        No
                                 
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    Independent data monitoring committee (IDMC) involvement?  | 
        
                                        Yes
                                 
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                 Population of trial subjects 
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    Number of subjects enrolled per country  | 
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    Country: Number of subjects enrolled  | 
        
                                    Denmark: 62
                             
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    Worldwide total number of subjects  | 
        
                                    62
                             
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    EEA total number of subjects  | 
        
                                    62
                             
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    Number of subjects enrolled per age group  | 
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    In utero  | 
        
                                    0
                             
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    Preterm newborn - gestational age < 37 wk  | 
        
                                    0
                             
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    Newborns (0-27 days)  | 
        
                                    0
                             
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    Infants and toddlers (28 days-23 months)  | 
        
                                    0
                             
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    Children (2-11 years)  | 
        
                                    0
                             
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    Adolescents (12-17 years)  | 
        
                                    0
                             
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    Adults (18-64 years)  | 
        
                                    17
                             
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    From 65 to 84 years  | 
        
                                    41
                             
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    85 years and over  | 
        
                                    4
                             
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                 Recruitment 
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    Recruitment details  | 
        We included patients aged ≥18 years with ASA I–III status who were scheduled for primary THA in spinal anesthesia at the Elective Surgery Center, Silkeborg Regional Hospital, Silkeborg, Denmark. | |||||||||||||||
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                 Pre-assignment 
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    Screening details  | 
        Assessed for eligibility, n=284; Excluded, n=222, cause of exclusion: Meeting exclusion criteria, n=154, Declined to participate, n=33, Other reasons, n=35; Randomized, n=62, thereof: Completing trial, n=60, Excluded after inclusion, n=2. | |||||||||||||||
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             Period 1 
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Period 1 title  | 
        
                                    Overall trial (overall period)
                             
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    Is this the baseline period?  | 
        Yes | |||||||||||||||
    Allocation method  | 
        
                                    Randomised - controlled
                             
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    Blinding used  | 
        Double blind | |||||||||||||||
    Roles blinded  | 
        Subject, Investigator, Monitor, Data analyst, Carer, Assessor | |||||||||||||||
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    Are arms mutually exclusive  | 
        
                                        Yes
                                 
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                 Arm title 
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        Active nerve block | |||||||||||||||
    Arm description  | 
        Subjects received an active obturator nerve block within 1 hour after total hip arthroplasty. | |||||||||||||||
    Arm type  | 
        Experimental | |||||||||||||||
    Investigational medicinal product name  | 
        
                                    Bupivacaine 5 mg/mL with epinephrine 5 μg/mL
                             
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    Pharmaceutical forms  | 
        
                                    Injection
                             
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    Routes of administration  | 
        
                                    Perineural use
                             
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    Dosage and administration details  | 
        
                                    Single injection of 15 mL bupivacaine 5 mg/mL with epinephrine 5 μg/mL in the interfacial plane between the pectineus and external obturator muscles.
                             
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                 Arm title 
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        Sham nerve block | |||||||||||||||
    Arm description  | 
        Subjects received a sham obturator nerve block (placebo) within 1 hour after total hip arthroplasty. | |||||||||||||||
    Arm type  | 
        Placebo | |||||||||||||||
    Investigational medicinal product name  | 
        
                                    Normal saline
                             
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    Pharmaceutical forms  | 
        
                                    Injection
                             
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    Routes of administration  | 
        
                                    Perineural use
                             
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    Dosage and administration details  | 
        
                                    Single injection of 15 mL bupivacaine 5 mg/mL with epinephrine 5 μg/mL in the interfacial plane between the pectineus and external obturator muscles.
                             
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                 End points reporting groups 
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    Reporting group title  | 
        
                                    Active nerve block
                             
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    Reporting group description  | 
        Subjects received an active obturator nerve block within 1 hour after total hip arthroplasty. | ||
    Reporting group title  | 
        
                                    Sham nerve block
                             
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    Reporting group description  | 
        Subjects received a sham obturator nerve block (placebo) within 1 hour after total hip arthroplasty. | ||
                
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    End point title  | 
        Cumulated opioid dose (0-12 h) | ||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
        
                                    Opioid consumption was converted to Oram morphine equivalents
                             
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Primary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    0-12 hours after surgery
                             
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    Statistical analysis title  | 
        Student t-test | ||||||||||||
    Comparison groups  | 
        
                                                Sham nerve block v             Active nerve block    
                             
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    Number of subjects included in analysis  | 
        
                                    60
                             
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    Analysis specification  | 
        
                                    Pre-specified
                             
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    Analysis type  | 
        equivalence | ||||||||||||
    P-value  | 
        = 0.93 | ||||||||||||
    Method  | 
        t-test, 2-sided | ||||||||||||
    Parameter type  | 
        Mean difference (final values) | ||||||||||||
    Point estimate  | 
        
                                    0.6
                             
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    Confidence interval  | 
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        95% | ||||||||||||
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                                    2-sided
                             
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        lower limit  | 
        -14 | ||||||||||||
        upper limit  | 
        13 | ||||||||||||
    Variability estimate  | 
        
                                    Standard error of the mean
                             
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    Dispersion value  | 
        
                                    6.9
                             
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    End point title  | 
        Cumulated opioid dose (12-18 h) | ||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Secondary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    12–18 hours after surgery
                             
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    End point title  | 
        Pain score at rest (1 h) | ||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
        
                                    Pain evaluated by subject on numeric rating score from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable)
                             
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Secondary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    1 hour after end-of-surgery
                             
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    End point title  | 
        Pain score at rest (2 h) | ||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
        
                                    Pain evaluated by subject on numeric rating score from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable)
                             
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Secondary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    2 hours after end-of-surgery
                             
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    End point title  | 
        Pain score at rest (5 h) | ||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
        
                                    Pain evaluated by subject on numeric rating score from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable)
                             
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Secondary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    5 hours after end-of-surgery.
                             
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| No statistical analyses for this end point | |||||||||||||
                
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    End point title  | 
        Pain score at rest (7 h) | ||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
        
                                    Pain evaluated by subject on numeric rating score from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable)
                             
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Secondary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    7 hours after end-of-surgery.
                             
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    End point title  | 
        Pain score at rest (24 h) | ||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Secondary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    24 hours after end-of-surgery
                             
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| No statistical analyses for this end point | |||||||||||||
                
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    End point title  | 
        Pain score during passive 90° flexion of the hip (1 h) | ||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
        
                                    Pain evaluated by subject on numeric rating score from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable)
                             
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Secondary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    1 hour after end-of-surgery.
                             
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| No statistical analyses for this end point | |||||||||||||
                
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    End point title  | 
        Pain score during passive 90° flexion of the hip (2 h) | ||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
        
                                    Pain evaluated by subject on numeric rating score from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable)
                             
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Secondary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    2 hours after end-of-surgery
                             
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| No statistical analyses for this end point | |||||||||||||
                
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    End point title  | 
        Pain score during passive 90° flexion of the hip (5 h) | ||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
        
                                    Pain evaluated by subject on numeric rating score from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable)
                             
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Secondary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    5 hours after end-of-surgery
                             
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    End point title  | 
        Pain score during passive 90° flexion of the hip (7 h) | ||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
        
                                    Pain evaluated by subject on numeric rating score from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable)
                             
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Secondary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    5 hours after end-of-surgery
                             
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    End point title  | 
        Pain score during passive 90° flexion of the hip (24 h) | ||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
        
                                    Pain evaluated by subject on numeric rating score from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable)
                             
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Secondary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    24 hours after end-of-surgery
                             
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    End point title  | 
        Intensity of nausea (1 h) | ||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
        
                                    Nausea evaluated by subject on numeric rating score from 0 (no nausea) to 10 (worst nausea imaginable)
                             
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Secondary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    1 hour after end-of-surgery
                             
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    End point title  | 
        Intensity of nausea (2 h) | ||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
        
                                    Nausea evaluated by subject on numeric rating score from 0 (no nausea) to 10 (worst nausea imaginable)
                             
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Secondary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    2 hours after end-of-surgery
                             
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    End point title  | 
        Intensity of nausea (5 h) | ||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
        
                                    Nausea evaluated by subject on numeric rating score from 0 (no nausea) to 10 (worst nausea imaginable)
                             
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Secondary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    5 hours after end-of-surgery
                             
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    End point title  | 
        Intensity of nausea (7 h) | ||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
        
                                    Nausea evaluated by subject on numeric rating score from 0 (no nausea) to 10 (worst nausea imaginable)
                             
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Secondary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    7 hours after end-of-surgery
                             
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    End point title  | 
        Intensity of nausea (24 h) | ||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
        
                                    Nausea evaluated by subject on numeric rating score from 0 (no nausea) to 10 (worst nausea imaginable)
                             
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Secondary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    24 hours after end-of-surgery
                             
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    End point title  | 
        Number of episodes of emesis (0-18 h) | ||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Secondary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    0 to 18 hours after end-of surgery
                             
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    End point title  | 
        Cumulated dose of ondansetron (0-18 h) | ||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Secondary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    0 to 18 hours after end-of-surgery
                             
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    End point title  | 
        Cumulated dose of droperidol (0-18 h) | ||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Secondary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    0 to 18 hours after end-of-surgery
                             
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    End point title  | 
        Time to discharge from the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) | ||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Secondary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    From end-of-surgery until discharge from PACU.
                             
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    End point title  | 
        Time to discharge from the hospital | ||||||||||||
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Secondary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    Time from end-of-surgery to discharge from hospital.
                             
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    End point title  | 
        Duration of the spinal anesthesia | ||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Secondary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    Time from end-of-surgery until subject regains normal sensibility on anterior surface of femur.
                             
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    End point title  | 
        Quality of sleep | ||||||||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
        
                                    Quality of sleep during the first night after surgery
                             
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Secondary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    24 hours
                             
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    End point title  | 
        Ability to ambulate (5 h) | ||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
        
                                    The ability to ambulate was assessed by physiotherapists using a standardized ambulation test ranging from 0 (subject was unable to ambulate to sitting position) to 8 (subject could walk with elbow crutches without personal physical support).
                             
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    End point type  | 
        
                                    Secondary
                             
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    End point timeframe  | 
        
                                    5 hours after end-of-surgery
                             
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    End point title  | 
        Muscular control of the operated leg during ambulation (5 h) | ||||||||||||
    End point description  | 
        
                                    The range of the muscular control score was 0 (subject was unable to ambulate to sitting position) to 3 (subject had good muscular control of the operated leg during all activities)
                             
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        Subjects received an active obturator nerve block within 1 hour after total hip arthroplasty. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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        Subjects received a sham obturator nerve block (placebo) within 1 hour after total hip arthroplasty. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
            
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Online references | 
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|             http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31650529 | 
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