Albrecht 2014.

Study characteristics
Methods	Parallel RCT Approved by the ethics committee and informed consents obtained Site: Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland Data collection: between 7 November 2014 and 2 June 2016 Funding: departmental/institutional Registration: NCT02433548
Participants	30 participants with a hip fracture Excluded: patients with bleeding disorder or presence of anticoagulation, periprosthetic fracture, a known polyneuropathy, body weight < 40 kg, chronic pain condition, patients undergoing chemotherapy, infection at the site of injection, allergy to local anaesthetics, cognitive disorder Type of fracture: hip fracture Anaesthetic technique for surgery: not mentioned Surgical technique: not mentioned Mean age: 80.5 years (range 73 to 90) Percentage female: 70% Length of follow‐up: 3 months
Interventions	Intervention: fascia iliaca compartment block (N = 15) Comparator: sham block (N = 15)
Outcomes	Relevant to this review. Pain scores at rest and on movement at 45 minutes. Mortality. Opioid consumption at 24 hours. Not relevant to this review. Hospital length of stay.
Notes	Conflict of interest: no conflicts of interest from any study authors related to this work DOI: 10.1186/s12877‐019‐1193‐0 Email sent on 5 January 2020: additional information received from study authors Sources obtained for risk of bias assessment. Journal article with results of the trial. Non‐commercial trial registry record. Personal communication with trialist.