Capelleri 2017.

Study name	Early femoral block in elderly with hip fracture
Methods	Parallel RCT, triple (participant, investigator, outcomes assessor) Approved by the ethics committee and informed consents obtained Site: Italy Data collection: to be determined Funding: to be determined Registration: NCT03092466
Participants	600 elderly participants > 70 years of age with hip fracture and admission to emergency department from Monday to Friday (from 8H00 AM to 20H00 PM) Excluded: ASA physical status > III, contraindications to regional anaesthesia, allergic to 1 or more drugs used in the study, unable or refuse to provide informed consent, show cognitive impairment or signs of confusion or delirium already on arrival to emergency department, postoperative intensive care unit admission, haemoglobin value < 8 g/dL at admission Type of fracture:  femoral neck fracture Anaesthetic technique for surgery: to be determined Surgical technique: to be determined Mean age: (range ): to be determined Percentage female: %: to be determined Length of follow‐up: 12 months
Interventions	Intervention: continuous femoral nerve block Comparator: sham block
Outcomes	Relevant to this review. Pain. Acute confusional state (from hospital admission to home discharge). Myocardial ischaemia. Pneumonia. Mortality. Complications. Not relevant to this review. Hospital length of stay.
Starting date	First posted: 28 March  2017 Study start date: 26 February 2017 Study completion date:  23 October 2020 Last update posted: 31 July 2019
Contact information	Gianluca Cappelleri
Notes	Conflict of interest: to be determined DOI: to be determined