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Study NCT ID: NCT03120234
Status: COMPLETED
Last Update Posted: 2019-07-08
First Post: 2017-01-06
Is NOT Gene Therapy: True
Has Adverse Events: False

Brief Title: Comparison of Opioid Based and Opioid Free Anaesthesia in Transsphenoidal Surgery
Sponsor: Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
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Study Overview

Official Title: Comparison of Opioid Based and Opioid Free Anaesthesia in Transsphenoidal Surgery for Haemodynamic Stability and Recovery Characteristics
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2019-07
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: This study has been planned to compare the effect of opioid free anaesthesia using dexmedetomidine and ketamine with opioid based anaesthesia using fentanyl in maintaining the intraoperative hemodynamic stability and recovery characteristics in patients undergoing Transsphenoidal surgery of pituitary tumors.
Detailed Description: Opioid Free Anesthesia (OFA) is a technique where no intraoperative opioid is administered during the anesthetic management. Opioid free anesthesia is usually achieved through sympatholysis, analgesia, and anesthesia with dexmedetomidine and analgesia with low dose ketamine. In addition paracetamol and other non-steroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) may be used as adjuncts to the multi-modal pain regimen.

Dexmedetomidine, a highly selective agonist of the alpha2 adrenergic receptor, has many clinical benefits, such as sedation, analgesia, preventing unwanted stress responses and low risk of respiratory depression. Because of concern that opioids might cause perioperative respiratory depression, substitution with dexmedetomidine will be helpful with its analgesic and sympatholytic properties. Dexmedetomidine has shown to reduce minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) of inhalational anesthetics and the requirement of perioperative opioid by 30-50%. In neurosurgical patients, dexmedetomidine is helpful in maintaining intracranial pressure (ICP) and intraoperative hemodynamic stability, especially during intubation and extubation. It can allow for faster awakening and thus an earlier neurological examination by decreasing necessary volatile agent and opioid doses.

Ketamine, an N-methyl-d-aspartate(NMDA) antagonist, blunts central pain sensitization at sub-anesthetic doses (0.5 mg/kg or less) and has been studied extensively as an adjunct for perioperative analgesia. Sub-anesthetic ketamine improves pain scores and reduces perioperative opioid consumption in a broad range of surgical procedures.Recent literature has suggested that adjuvant ketamine administration in mechanically ventilated patients has no cerebrovascular effects.

The present study has been planned to compare the effect of opioid free anesthesia using dexmedetomidine and ketamine with opioid based anesthesia using fentanyl in maintaining the intraoperative hemodynamic stability and recovery characteristics in patients undergoing TSS of pituitary tumors.

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: False
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: None
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
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