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Adverse EventNCT05321160

Comparison of the Sedation Effect of Esketamine and Sevoflurane for Pediatric Ophthalmological Procedure

A study testing Esketamine and Sevoflurane in people with Adverse Event, run by Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University at 1 site in China.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Emergence agitation is the most common reason for post-anesthesia care unit delay. Sevoflurane is used frequently inhalational anaesthetic agent to provide pediatric anaesthesia because of the nonirritant nature. It has been successfully used for keeping spontaneous breathing without tracheal intubation. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 3 months to 5 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Adverse Event
What is being tested?
Esketamine and Sevoflurane
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
116 participants
Where
1 siteChina
Study dates
28 Mar 2022to 17 May 2023
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 3 months to 5 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Child

Who may be able to join

  • American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status 1-2
  • required to remove the stitches by microscope after corneal surgeries

Who cannot join

  • psychiatric disorders
  • cardiovascular disorders
  • glaucoma
  • contraindications to nasal intubation

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

China1 site
  • Anesthesiology Department of Affiliated Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University

    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200031

Other trials in China

About this study

Official title: Comparison of Esketamine Versus Sevoflurane Add to Dexmedetomidine-based Sedation for Minor Ophthalmology Procedure in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Emergence agitation is the most common reason for post-anesthesia care unit delay. Sevoflurane is used frequently inhalational anaesthetic agent to provide pediatric anaesthesia because of the nonirritant nature. It has been successfully used for keeping spontaneous breathing without tracheal intubation. However, sevoflurane may cause emergence agitation as the incidence varied from 10%-80%. Although there are many sedative agents to reduce its incidence, such as propofol, midazolam, a2 adrenergic receptor agonists and ketamine, the efficacy remains limited.

Ketamine, a neuroleptic anesthetic agent, contains two optical isomers, s(+)-ketamine (esketamine) and R(-)-ketamine. Esketamine is a right-handed split of ketamine, which has enhanced analgesic potency and lower incidence of psychotropic side effects compared to ketamine. It stimulate breathing due to N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptor blockade, and could even effectively countered remifentanil-induced respiratory depression. The investigators compared the effectiveness of esketamine and sevoflurane in reducing the incidence of emergence agitation after painless ophthalmological procedure in pediatric patients.

Read the detailed description

Ophthalmological procedure such as suture remove, intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement, slit-lamp and fundoscopy are most frequently performed in operation with minor surgical stimulus, and the the duration of surgery is very short. Several anesthestic agents are available,but it is hard to balance short effect and fast rotation in post-anesthesia care unit. Emergence agitation is the most common reason for post-anesthesia care unit delay. Sevoflurane is used frequently inhalational anaesthetic agent to provide pediatric anaesthesia because of the nonirritant nature. It has been successfully used for keeping spontaneous breathing without tracheal intubation. However, sevoflurane may cause emergence agitation as the incidence varied from 10%-80%. Although there are many sedative agents to reduce its incidence, such as propofol, midazolam, a2 adrenergic receptor agonists and ketamine, the efficacy remains limited.

Ketamine, a neuroleptic anesthetic agent, contains two optical isomers, s(+)-ketamine (esketamine) and R(-)-ketamine. Esketamine is a right-handed split of ketamine, which has enhanced analgesic potency and lower incidence of psychotropic side effects compared to ketamine. It stimulate breathing due to N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptor blockade, and could even effectively countered remifentanil-induced respiratory depression. Additionally, several studies have reported ketamine could reduced agitation, but there is no study about esketamine on emergence agitation. The investigators compared the effectiveness of esketamine and sevoflurane in reducing the incidence of emergence agitation after painless ophthalmological procedure in pediatric patients.

Conditions
Adverse Event
Being tested
Esketamine, Sevoflurane
Keywords
adverse event, sevoflurane, esketamine

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • EsketamineDrug

    Also called s(+)ketamine

    0.25 mg/kg esketamine for induction and 0.25 mg/kg esketamine at the beginning of surgery

  • SevofluraneDrug

    Also called Sevoflurane Inhalation Solution

    4% sevoflurane for induction and 2-4% sevoflurane for maintain

Study groups in NCT05321160
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Group EExperimental1ug· kg-1 dexmedetomidine and 0.01mg·kg-1 atropine was administered intravenously. 0.25mg·kg-1 esketamine was administered by vein in one minute, and 0.25mg·kg-1 esketamine was given at the beginning of the surgery.
Receives: Drug: Esketamine
Group SActive comparator1ug· kg-1 dexmedetomidine and 0.01mg·kg-1 atropine was administered intravenously. 4% sevoflurane(FIO2=100%, 3L·min-1) was used to induce anesthesia by mask inhalation and 2-4 % sevoflurane (adjusted according to the depth of the anaesthesia,FIO2=100%, 2L·min-1) was maintained.
Receives: Drug: Sevoflurane

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. the incidence of respiratory depression

    respiratory rate <12 times per min or weak chest undulation

    Measured: duration from the time patient received induction to the time of leaving to the ward, average 1 hour

  2. the incidence of desaturation

    the incidence of oxygen saturation below 95% caused by anesthetic agent.

    Measured: duration from the time patient received induction to the time of leaving to the ward, average 1 hour

  3. the incidence of hypotension

    the incidence of systolic blood pressure< 30% of basal systolic blood pressure and lasted >5 minutes.

    Measured: duration from the time patient received induction to the end of the anesthesia, average 15 minutes.

  4. the incidence of hypertension

    the incidence of systolic blood pressure > 30% of basal systolic blood pressure

    Measured: duration from the time patient received induction to the end of the anesthesia, average 15 minutes.

  5. the incidence of tachycardia

    the incidence of heart rate increase over 30% of pre-induction and>120 beats per minute.

    Measured: duration from the time patient received induction to the end of the anesthesia, average 15 minutes.

  6. the incidence of bradycardia

    the incidence of heart rate less than 60 beats per minute

    Measured: duration from the time patient received induction to the end of the anesthesia, average 15 minutes.

  7. the incidence of emergence agitation

    the incidence of emergence agitation

    Measured: duration from the time patients arrived the post-anesthesia care unit to the time of leaving to the ward, average 20 minutes

Secondary outcomes (7)
  1. length of stay in the post-anesthesia care unit

    the time of patients staying in post-anesthesia care unit

    Measured: duration from the time patients arrived the post-anesthesia care unit to the time of leaving to the ward, average 20 minutes

  2. CPS score

    The Cole 5-point scale CPS) score included five behaviors: 1=sleeping; 1=awake,calm;3=irritable, crying;4=inconsolable crying; 5=severe restlessness, disorientation.

    Measured: scores at the time point of 1 minutes after extubation

  3. intraocular pressure

    intraocular pressure after induction

    Measured: the time after intubation and topical anesthesia within 1 minute

  4. diastolic pressure

    diastolic pressure

    Measured: 1minutes before induction; 1minutes before intubation; 1minutes after intubation; 3 minutes after intubation

  5. systolic pressure

    systolic pressure

    Measured: 1minutes before induction; 1minutes before intubation; 1minutes after intubation; 3 minutes after intubation

  6. heart rate

    heart rate

    Measured: 1minutes before induction; 1minutes before intubation;1minutes after intubation,3 minutes after intubation

  7. extubation time

    extubation time

    Measured: duration from the time that patients arrived in post-anesthesia care unit to the time of extubation, average 10 minutes

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted11 Apr 2022
  2. Study start28 Mar 2022
  3. Primary completion14 May 2023
  4. Study completion17 May 2023

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Quadruple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
116 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05321160
Sponsor's protocol ID
EA and esketamine
Status last verified
Mar 2024
First submitted
25 Mar 2022
Last updated
26 Mar 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Liao R, Li JY, Liu GY. Comparison of sevoflurane volatile induction/maintenance anaesthesia and propofol-remifentanil total intravenous anaesthesia for rigid bronchoscopy under spontaneous breathing for tracheal/bronchial foreign body removal in children. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2010 Nov;27(11):930-4. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32833d69ad.

    PubMed 20683333
  • Cravero J, Surgenor S, Whalen K. Emergence agitation in paediatric patients after sevoflurane anaesthesia and no surgery: a comparison with halothane. Paediatr Anaesth. 2000;10(4):419-24. doi: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2000.00560.x.

    PubMed 10886700
  • Welborn LG, Hannallah RS, Norden JM, Ruttimann UE, Callan CM. Comparison of emergence and recovery characteristics of sevoflurane, desflurane, and halothane in pediatric ambulatory patients. Anesth Analg. 1996 Nov;83(5):917-20. doi: 10.1097/00000539-199611000-00005.

    PubMed 8895263
  • White PF, Schuttler J, Shafer A, Stanski DR, Horai Y, Trevor AJ. Comparative pharmacology of the ketamine isomers. Studies in volunteers. Br J Anaesth. 1985 Feb;57(2):197-203. doi: 10.1093/bja/57.2.197.

    PubMed 3970799
  • Patrizi A, Picard N, Simon AJ, Gunner G, Centofante E, Andrews NA, Fagiolini M. Chronic Administration of the N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Antagonist Ketamine Improves Rett Syndrome Phenotype. Biol Psychiatry. 2016 May 1;79(9):755-764. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.08.018. Epub 2015 Aug 24.

    PubMed 26410354
  • Eich C, Verhagen-Henning S, Roessler M, Cremer F, Cremer S, Strack M, Russo SG. Low-dose S-ketamine added to propofol anesthesia for magnetic resonance imaging in children is safe and ensures faster recovery--a prospective evaluation. Paediatr Anaesth. 2011 Feb;21(2):176-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2010.03489.x. No abstract available.

    PubMed 21210891

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Esketamine and Sevoflurane in people with Adverse Event, run by Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University at 1 site in China.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 26 Mar 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in China. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

the incidence of respiratory depression (time frame: duration from the time patient received induction to the time of leaving to the ward, average 1 hour). The study lists 7 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05321160, which also lists 6 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 26 Mar 2024.

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