NCT01593319.

Trial name or title	Is regional anaesthesia of the hip preferable over traditional analgesia in the acute stage of the management of patients with a fracture of the hip
Methods	Parallel RCT Double‐blind (participants, caregivers, investigator, outcomes assessors)
Participants	Inclusion criteria: adults (≥ 65 years) with a hip fracture Exclusion criteria: multiple fractures, delay (> 12 hours) from the time of injury until admission to the hospital, local infection, hypersensitivity to local analgesics, cognitive impairment
Interventions	Treatment group: local injection (fascia iliaca block) of 150 mg ropivacaine Control group: saline injection
Outcomes	Primary outcome measure: pain during first 3 hours after surgery Secondary outcome measures: medical complications (number of participants who develop pressure ulcers, number of participants who develop pneumonia): under hospitalization (expected average of 10 days)
Starting date	January 2012
Contact information	Landstinget i Värmland, Othopedikinken, Centralsjukhuset I Karlsad, Karlsad, Vamiand, Sweden, S‐65185
Notes	Terminated