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Opioid Free AnesthesiaNCT05481970

Opioid Free Anesthesia in Obese Patients.

A study testing dexmedetomidine,ketamine,lidocaine,propofol and fentanyl,propofol in people with Opioid Free Anesthesia, run by Fayoum University Hospital at 1 site in Egypt.

Completed

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

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Trial summary

Using opioids in the clinical practice of anesthesia was astonishing. They are good analgesics and used widely to modulate perioperative pain, but analgesia with these drugs can be associated with many side effects that may lead to prolongation of hospital stay and recovery period like respiratory depression… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 60 years
Conditions the study is for
Opioid Free Anesthesia
What is being tested?
dexmedetomidine,ketamine,lidocaine,propofol and fentanyl,propofol
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
76 participants
Where
1 siteEgypt
Study dates
1 Sep 2022to 5 Nov 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 18 to 60 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • American Society of Anesthesiologist (ASA) physical status Ⅱ , Ⅲ.
  • body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m2.
  • Have upper limb surgeries (orthopedics, plastic,…) under general anesthesia.

Who cannot join

  • Known allergy to the drugs will be used in the study.
  • Pregnancy and lactation.
  • Addiction or recent use of opioids'
  • Patients will not be able deal with visual analog score(VAS).
  • Hepatic, Renal and cardiac diseases in advanced stages.
  • History of epilepsy or seizures.
  • Patients with cerebrovascular disease.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Egypt1 site
  • Fayoum University

    Al Fayyum, 63514

Other trials in Egypt

About this study

Official title: Opioid Free Anesthesia for Upper Limb Surgery in Obese Patients.

Using opioids in the clinical practice of anesthesia was astonishing. They are good analgesics and used widely to modulate perioperative pain, but analgesia with these drugs can be associated with many side effects that may lead to prolongation of hospital stay and recovery period like respiratory depression, delirium, impaired gastrointestinal function, urine retention, post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV), and addiction. The most significant opioid side effect is respiratory depression. This is especially important in patients suffering from obesity. Obese patients already have a restrictive lung disease leading to decrease in functional residual capacity and total lung compliance. Anesthetics and analgesics specially opioids make these respiratory problems become worse with increasing the incidence of hypoxia. These side effects can be avoided by using opioid free anesthesia (OFA) techniques.

Opioid free anesthesia recently become more applicable and popular in different centers, it provides pain control with marked reduction in opioid consumption. However, researches and studies still unable to explore definite explanations or techniques regarding it. The base of OFA is that not only one drug can replace opioids. It is a multimodal anesthesia. Multiple drugs are used to achieve it. They are hypnotics,N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonists (ketamine, magnesium sulfate), sodium channel blockers (local anesthetics), anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID, dexamethasone), and alpha-2 agonists (dexmedetomidine, clonidine). Regional anesthesia and nerve blocks also have a role. In this study, using OFA the investigators are hoping to achieve a good quality of care to obese patients helping in fast track surgery with less complications and so shorter period of hospital stay

Read the detailed description

Patients will be randomly allocated (by closed envelope method) to two groups:

Group A (n=38) will have opioid free anesthesia (OFA) Group B (n=38) will have opioid based anesthesia (OPA) All patients will be subjected to a preoperative clinical examination and routine preoperative laboratory investigations. Patients also will be trained on how to deal with the VAS score before surgery. The visual analog scale (VAS) is a pain score using a 10-cm line with two ends "no pain" on the left end and the "worst pain" on the right end, used to track pain for a patient or to compare pain between patients.(9,10) In the operating room (OR), peripheral oxygen saturation (spo2), noninvasive blood pressure and electrocardiogram ( ECG) will be monitored and recorded as a baseline reading. A peripheral intravenous cannula will be inserted t hen patients in both groups will receive 1mg of midazolam prior induction of anesthesia. Preoxygenation 3-5 minutes before induction will be done. Group (A): Induction of general anesthesia will be done using lidocaine (1.5 mg/kg), propofol (2-3 mg/kg), and atracurium (0.5 mg/kg). Dexmedetomidine 0.5 µg/kg over 10 min, started 10 min before induction. Following tracheal intubation, dexmedetomidine infusion generally will be initiated at 0.6 μg/kg/h and titrated between 0.2 and 1.0 μg/kg/h according to the heart rate maintaining bispectral index (BIS) between 40-60, lidocaine (1.5 mg/kg/h). ketamine will be given as a bolus dose of 0.3 mg/kg after induction and prior to skin incision then 0.2 mg/kg/h as an infusion. Patients will receive dexamethasone (8 mg i.v.) after induction. In group (B) for induction of anesthesia, patients will receive propofol 2-3mg/kg, fentanyl 1-2mcg/kg and atracurium 0.5 mg/kg as a muscle relaxant to facilitate intubation. Fentanyl bolus doses of 0.5-1 mcg/kg will be given to keep BIS score 40-60 during surgery.

All Patients will be mechanically ventilated with 50% O2 and 50% air and the end-tidal carbon dioxide( CO2) will be maintained between 30 - 35 mmHg. Anesthesia will be maintained by isoflurane and atracurium 0.1-0.2 mg/kg every 20-30 minutes. Reversal of muscle relaxants will done by using intravenous neostigmine (0.05 mg/kg) and atropine (0.01 mg/kg) at the end of surgery and the patient will be extubated when the patient will be able to breath spontaneously with tidal volume ≥5ml/kg and spo2>92%. Paracetamol 1gm i.v. infusion and ketorolac 30 mg slow i.v injection will be used at the end of surgery and before emergence in both groups. At the recovery room, patients will assess their pain and rating it using VAS score, monitored for postoperative pain, the patients will leave the post anesthesia care unit (PACU) with Aldrete score more than 9. (11) Any patient with Vas score ≥4, will receive tramadol 1mg/kg i.v. with a maximum dose 600mg/day.

Being tested
dexmedetomidine,ketamine,lidocaine,propofol, fentanyl,propofol
Keywords
opioid free anesthesia, obese, dexmedetomidine, ketamine
Medical subject headings
Obesity

What participants receive

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

  • dexmedetomidine,ketamine,lidocaine,propofolDrug

    Also called dexamethasone

    Group (A): Induction of general anesthesia will be done using lidocaine (1.5 mg/kg), propofol (2-3 mg/kg), and atracurium (0.5 mg/kg). Dexmedetomidine 0.5 µg/kg over 10 min, started 10 min before induction. Following tracheal intubation, dexmedetomidine infusion generally will be initiated at 0.6 μg/kg/h and titrated between 0.2 and 1.0 μg/kg/h according to the heart rate maintaining bispectral index (BIS) between 40-60, lidocaine (1.5 mg/kg/h). ketamine will be given as a bolus dose of 0.3 mg/kg after induction and prior to skin incision then 0.2 mg/kg/h as an infusion. Patients will receive dexamethasone (8 mg i.v.) after induction.

  • fentanyl,propofolDrug

    Also called fentanyl

    In group (B) for induction of anesthesia, patients will receive propofol 2-3mg/kg, fentanyl 1-2mcg/kg and atracurium 0.5 mg/kg as a muscle relaxant to facilitate intubation. Fentanyl bolus doses of 0.5-1 mcg/kg will be given to keep BIS score 40-60 during surgery.

Study groups in NCT05481970
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Dexmedetomidine groupActive comparatorGroup A , Induction of general anesthesia will be done using lidocaine (1.5 mg/kg), propofol (2-3 mg/kg), and atracurium (0.5 mg/kg). Dexmedetomidine 0.5 µg/kg over 10 min, started 10 min before induction. Following tracheal intubation, dexmedetomidine infusion generally will be initiated at 0.6 μg/kg/h and titrated between 0.2 and 1.0 μg/kg/h according to the heart rate maintaining bispectral index (BIS) between 40-60, lidocaine (1.5 mg/kg/h). ketamine will be given as a bolus dose of 0.3 mg/kg after induction and prior to skin incision then 0.2 mg/kg/h as an infusion. Patients will receive dexamethasone (8 mg i.v.) after induction.
Receives: Drug: dexmedetomidine,ketamine,lidocaine,propofol
Opioid groupPlacebo comparatorIn group (B) (OBA) for induction of anesthesia, patients will receive propofol 2-3mg/kg, fentanyl 1-2mcg/kg and atracurium 0.5 mg/kg as a muscle relaxant to facilitate intubation. Fentanyl bolus doses of 0.5-1 mcg/kg will be given to keep BIS score 40-60 during surgery.
Receives: Drug: fentanyl,propofol

What is being measured

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

  1. Attacks of postoperative pain with vas score ≥4

    The visual analog scale (VAS) is a pain score using a 10-cm line with two ends "no pain" on the left end and the "worst pain" on the right end, postoperative pain with vas score ≥4 will be monitored and recorded

    Measured: 24 hours postoperative

  2. rescue doses of tramadol

    time of rescue doses of tramadol

    Measured: 24 hours postoperative

  3. how many rescue doses of tramadol

    number of rescue doses of tramadol

    Measured: 24 hours postoperative

Secondary outcomes (8)
  1. Hypoxia

    number of patients with hypoxia (an Spo2 level of less than 95%)

    Measured: every 2hours for 24 hours.

  2. Postoperative nausea and vomiting.

    Postoperative nausea and vomiting( number of attacks)

    Measured: 24 hours postoperative

  3. Postoperative usage of antiemetics

    number of patients who will need rescue dose of antiemetic medication.

    Measured: 24 hours postoperative

  4. Intraoperative bradycardia

    number of patients who will develop intra-operative bradycardia HR≤50bpm,

    Measured: intraoperative

  5. Intraoperative hypotension

    number of patients who will develop intra-operative hypotension mean arterial blood pressure ( mABP) ≤60 millimetre of mercury (mmHg)

    Measured: intraoperative

  6. Intraoperative hypertension

    number of patients who will develop intra-operative hypertension mABP ≥90mmHg).

    Measured: intraoperative

  7. ICU admission.

    number of participants who will need intensive care unit

    Measured: 24 hours postoperative

  8. extubation time

    time when endotracheal tube removed from the patients

    Measured: 60 minutes after cessation of anesthesia

Timeline

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

  1. First posted1 Aug 2022
  2. Study start1 Sep 2022
  3. Primary completion14 Aug 2023
  4. Study completion5 Nov 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
Prevention
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
76 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05481970
Sponsor's protocol ID
opioid free anesthesia
Status last verified
Jul 2022
First submitted
20 Jul 2022
Last updated
20 Feb 2024
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing dexmedetomidine,ketamine,lidocaine,propofol and fentanyl,propofol in people with Opioid Free Anesthesia, run by Fayoum University Hospital at 1 site in Egypt.

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 3 inclusion and 7 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 20 Feb 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 Egypt. 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. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. 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?

Attacks of postoperative pain with vas score ≥4 (time frame: 24 hours postoperative). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 20 Feb 2024.

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