NCT01971645.

Trial name or title	Dexamethasone as an adjuvant to ropivacaine for femoral nerve blocks in children undergoing knee surgery
Methods	RCT
Participants	In the United States of America (Columbus, Ohio), ASA I‐II participants age 10‐19 years undergoing arthroscopic surgery of the knee.
Interventions	Ropivacaine 0.5% 2 mg/kg + 0.1 mg/kg dexamethasone given perineurally + normal saline intramuscularly. Ropivacaine 0.5% 2 mg/kg + 0.1 mg/kg dexamethasone given perineurally + dexamethasone 0.1 mg/kg intramuscularly. Ropivacaine 0.5% 2 mg/kg + normal saline given perineurally + normal saline intramuscularly.
Outcomes	Post‐PACU opioid consumption.
Starting date	July 2014.
Contact information	Giorgio Veneziano, Nationwide Children's Hospital.
Notes	Currently recruiting participants.