Diakomi 2015.

Study name	Fascia iliaca compartment block in acute and chronic pain management in hip fracture patients
Methods	Parallel RCT Approved by the ethics committee and informed consent obtained Site: Asklepieion General Hospital Athens, Voula, Greece Data collection: June 2015 to March 2018 Funding: to be determined Registration: NCT02479828
Participants	198 ASA I to III participants from 18 to 90 years old  with intertrochanteric femur or femoral neck fracture Excluded: existing pain in hip joint to be operated, cognitive or mental disorder, administration of analgesic drugs before surgery, contraindications of spinal anaesthesia, refusal to participate in the study Type of fracture: to be determined 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:  6 months
Interventions	Intervention: fascia iliaca compartment block Comparator: no block
Outcomes	Relevant to this review. Pain. Not relevant to this review. Chronic pain at 6 months.
Starting date	First posted: 24 June 2015 Study start date: June 2015 Study completion date: January 2018 Last update posted: 12 March 2019
Contact information	Maria Diakomi
Notes	Conflict of interest: to be determined DOI: to be determined