Clinical trial · Interventional
Ultrasound Guided Pectoral Nerves Blockade for Persistent Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery
Ultrasound Guided Pectoral Nerves (Pecs) Blockade in Persistent Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery
NCT02349581CI-TRIAL-00016728PPBCSunknownPhase 2ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This is a pilot study of the pectoral nerves block (PECS) in patients with persistent pain after breast cancer surgery.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persistent Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bupivacaine | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
| PECS block | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Block
- description
- Patients with persistent pain after breast cancer surgery receive the ultrasound guided PECS block of 20mls 0.25% bupivacaine
- interventionNames
- Procedure: PECS block
- Drug: Bupivacaine
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Sonoanatomy
- description
- 16 patients awaiting surgery for breast cancer were scanned using ultrasound to determine the sonoanatomy of the PECS block
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Differences in summed pain intensity score (SPI)
- timeFrame
- 30 minutes after blockade
- description
- SPI is a combination of pain at rest + pain on arm abduction + pain with 100kPa pressure. SPI will be taken before and 30 minutes after the PECS block
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Female patients, aged 18 years or over, treated for breast cancer * Patients with persistent pain in the breast after surgical treatment for breast cancer. Their pain score must be 4 or more on the numerical rating scale (NRS). Exclusion Criteria: * breast surgery within the last 12 months * previous cosmetic surgery * bilateral breast cancer (receiving bilateral intervention) * pregnant or breast feeding * neurological disease * on-going treatment for severe mental illness or who abuse alcohol or drugs * are unable to understand written or spoken Danish or English * lack mental capacity to give informed consent or cooperate with the neurophysiological testing * an allergy to amide local anaesthetics * pacemaker in situ * received treatment outside guidelines and recommendations from the Danish Breast Cancer Co-operative Group (DBCG)
References
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