NCT02433548.

Trial name or title	Fascia iliaca block in the emergency department for analgesia after femoral neck fracture
Methods	Parallel RCT Double‐blind (caregiver, investigator, outcome assessor)
Participants	Inclusion criteria: adults (≥ 18 years) with femoral neck fracture in the emergency department Exclusion criteria: presence of dementia, body weight < 40 kg, presence of cancer or receiving chemotherapy, allergy to local anaesthetics
Interventions	Treatment group: fascia iliaca block (injection of 30 mL of bupivacaine 0.5% with epinephrine 5 mcg/mL below the fascia iliaca, Carbostesin®) Control group: sham injection = subcutaneous injection of 5 mL of normal saline
Outcomes	Primary outcome measures: pain scores at rest: 45 minutes after injection Secondary outcome measures: pain scores at rest at 60 minutes, 4 hours, 8 hours, 12 hours and 24 hours after injection; pain scores on movement:at 60 minutes, 4 hours, 8 hours, 12 hours and 24 hours after injection; morphine consumption at 60 minutes, 4 hours, 8 hours, 12 hours and 24 hours after injection and length of stay
Starting date	October 2014
Contact information	Eric Albrecht, Program Director, Regional Aanaesthesia, CHU Vaudois, Switzerland
Notes	Recruiting

AMTS: Abbreviated 10‐point Mental Test Score

ASA: American Society of Anaesthesiologists physical status

C: Celsius

CAM Questionnaire: Confusion Assessment Method

EQ‐5D or EUROQOL: score for measurement of health‐related quality of life

G: gram

ICD‐9: list of codes for International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems

IV: intravenous

kg: kilogram

kg/m²: kilogram per square metre

mm: millimetre

MSMC ED: Maimonides Medical Center emergency department

n: number

NHS: Nottingham University Hospitals

OMC: orientation‐memory‐concentration

RCT: randomized controlled trial

RfPB: Research for Patient Benefit