Participant Information Summary
- The PLACEMENT Trial is trying to find out if one way of managing patient’s pain after leg amputation surgery is better than another way.
- This trial is comparing pain management in patients who have a local anaesthetic catheter (thin plastic tube) placed during their leg amputation surgery, with those who do not.
- Local anaesthetic catheters are commonly used in many hospitals around the United Kingdom (UK) and are standard treatment in some hospitals.
- If you decide not to take part in the trial, your surgeon may or may not place a local anaesthetic catheter during your amputation.
- We want to find out if pain management, long-term recovery, and other health-related measures, are different in patients who have a local anaesthetic catheter compared with those who do not.
- This trial will measure patient-reported pain for the first 5 days after their surgery using a numbers scale (0 to 10, where 0 = no pain and 10 = the worst pain imaginable).
- All patients in the trial will receive any additional pain management they need before, during and after their surgery.
- You will be chosen at random (by a computer) to either receive a local anaesthetic catheter or not.
- You will be asked questions about your pain twice a day for the first 5 days after your surgery.
- You will be contacted by the research team 3 and 6 months after your surgery
- You will be asked to complete questionnaires before your surgery, and 3 and 6 months after your surgery.
- Your nurses and study doctor will monitor your safety and well-being throughout the trial.