IPACK on Early Pain Scores After ACL Reconstruction

Description

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether using an anesthetic technique called IPACK block will control pain after ACL reconstruction surgery. The main questions it aims to answer are: * if participants who receive the IPACK block prior to ACL reconstruction experience less pain after surgery and at 1 day after surgery * if participants who receive the IPACK block prior to ACL reconstruction require less short-term opioid use immediately after surgery and up to one week after surgery. Participants will be randomized 1:1 to 1 of 2 groups: Use of IPACK block during ACL reconstruction vs. placebo (a placebo is a look-alike substance that contains no active drug). Neither the participant nor the investigator will know which group the participants has been assigned to. Researchers will compare self-reported pain scores and short-term opioid use of all study participants.

Conditions

Pain, Postoperative, Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries, Analgesics, Opioid

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Study overview

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether using an anesthetic technique called IPACK block will control pain after ACL reconstruction surgery. The main questions it aims to answer are: * if participants who receive the IPACK block prior to ACL reconstruction experience less pain after surgery and at 1 day after surgery * if participants who receive the IPACK block prior to ACL reconstruction require less short-term opioid use immediately after surgery and up to one week after surgery. Participants will be randomized 1:1 to 1 of 2 groups: Use of IPACK block during ACL reconstruction vs. placebo (a placebo is a look-alike substance that contains no active drug). Neither the participant nor the investigator will know which group the participants has been assigned to. Researchers will compare self-reported pain scores and short-term opioid use of all study participants.

The Effect of IPACK Nerve Blocks on Early ACL Pain Scores

IPACK on Early Pain Scores After ACL Reconstruction

Condition
Pain, Postoperative
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Maywood

Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States, 60153

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * All patients presenting to Dr. John Miller with the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine Division, at Loyola University Medical Center electing to undergo ACL reconstruction surgery.
  • * Patients 16 and over
  • * English speaking patients
  • * Patients who have the capacity to make their own medical decisions and consent to the study
  • * Previous surgery on the operative knee
  • * Previous knee infection
  • * Chronic opioid use
  • * Have a known allergy to local anesthetics
  • * Patient using autograft (cadaver) for ACL reconstruction.

Ages Eligible for Study

16 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Loyola University,

Study Record Dates

2026-08-03