Study name Erector Spinae Plane blocks for the Early Analgesia of Rib fractures in trauma: a multicentre pilot randomised controlled trial with feasibility and embedded qualitative assessment.
Study type multicentre feasibility RCT
Brief study description Adult patients admitted to major trauma centres with rib fractures randomised on admission to either ESP catheter plus multimodal analgesia or sham-ESP catheter plus multimodal analgesia
Primary outcome(s) Recruitment and retention rates vs target to determine feasibility of definitive trial
Estimated recruitment target 50
Study start date Nov-21
Estimated completion date Nov-23
Adding centres? No
Study URL nil
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PI David Hewson
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