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NCT02072135 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record · NA

Exparel and Ankle Surgery

A NA study, sponsored by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Completed
Registry status
NA
Development phase
4
Enrollment target

NCT02072135: Completed NA study, sponsored by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

NCT02072135 is a NA study that has completed, run by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The registered enrollment target is 4 participants, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (100% lower). According to ClinicalTrials.gov, the official US trial registry.

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The verdict

NCT02072135, a NA study, has completed, sponsored by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

COMPLETED
Registry status
NA
Development phase
4 participants
Enrollment target

Study Summary

This study involves a drug called Exparel that has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), for application directly to wound sites. EXPAREL® is a long acting pain reliever. It is being given in this study to see if it provides safe and effective pain relief after ankle surgery. Because it is a long acting drug, it may lessen pain relief for as much as 72 hours after surgery. EXPAREL® has not been approved by the FDA for administration by popliteal block, which is the method the study doctors will use to give the patients the drug. Giving the drug by popliteal block involves inserting a small tube in to the back of the knee to deliver the drug. The study doctors wish to determine if patients undergoing ankle surgery and receiving this drug have less pain and less need for narcotic medication.

Primary Outcome

Subject will be asked highest pain score and amount of narcotics used

Interventions

  • DRUG Exparel

Trial Details

FieldValue
Enrollment Target 4 participants
Start Date 2014-02
Est. Completion 2015-11
Phase NA

What the finished NCT02072135 record still lists

NCT02072135 is an interventional study that assigns participants to a tested intervention. The registry caps enrollment at 4 participants, a relatively small participant target, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (100% lower).

The record links to 0 conditions, and to 1 intervention - of which Exparel is the first listed.

NCT02072135 does not publish any study locations in the registry export this page uses.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is clinical trial NCT02072135 about?

NCT02072135 is a clinical study titled "Exparel and Ankle Surgery". This study involves a drug called Exparel that has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), for application directly to wound sites. EXPAREL® is a long acting pain reliever. It is being given in this study to see if it provides safe and effective pain relief after ankle surgery. B...

What is the current status of trial NCT02072135?

This trial is currently completed. It is a NA study. The enrollment target is 4 participants. The study started on 2014-02. Estimated completion is 2015-11.

What interventions are being tested in trial NCT02072135?

The interventions under investigation include: Exparel (DRUG).

Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT02072135?

This trial is sponsored by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, which has 413 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How this trial's enrollment target compares

Where NCT02072135's enrollment target sits among peer trials

4 1996th of 2000 higher than 5 of 2,000 other NA trials

participants (enrollment target), bucketed by value

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Source ClinicalTrials.gov registry export · 2026-08-08

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02072135, the US trial registry maintained by the National Library of Medicine. NCT02072135 (small enrollment · none site footprint · completed) retrieved and formatted by PlainTrial, see methodology.