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Study NCT ID: NCT02365857
Status: COMPLETED
Last Update Posted: 2016-02-02
First Post: 2015-02-04
Is NOT Gene Therapy: True
Has Adverse Events: False

Brief Title: Intrathecal Dexmedetomidine With Bupivacaine for Spinal Anesthesia in Cesarean Section
Sponsor: Cairo University
Organization:

Study Overview

Official Title: Effects of Intrathecal Dexmedetomidine on the Perioperative Clinical Profile of Bupivacaine-induced Spinal Anesthesia for Cesarean Section
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2016-01
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: A Randomized, Controlled, Double blind study aiming to evaluate the analgesic potentials and side effect profile of different dose levels of Dexmedetomidine added to subarachnoid bupivacaine in full-term pregnant women undergoing elective cesarean section using spinal anesthesia. The investigators ultimate goal is to find out the least effective dose which will be associated with minimal or no side effects. The primary outcome will be the time to two sensory block segment regression.
Detailed Description: Alpha 2-agonists are non-opioid adjuvants with a significant role in extending the analgesic duration of subarachnoid block. When clonidine or Dexmedetomidine was added to intrathecal local anesthetics, the regression of sensory and motor blocks increased dose-dependently. Further, a recent meta-analysis including seven randomized controlled studies reported an increase in the duration of analgesia and reduced morphine requirement after the concomitant subarachnoid administration of clonidine.

Animal studies demonstrated that Dexmedetomidine added to bupivacaine significantly enhanced the duration of sensory and motor blockade of sciatic nerve block. Histo-pathological examination proved that all of the nerves analyzed had normal axons and myelin at 24 h and 14 days after the peri-neural administration of Dexmedetomidine. Several clinical studies confirmed the analgesic potentials and safe neurological outcome of neuraxially administered Dexmedetomidine in the non-obstetric settings while intrathecal clonidine proved to be a useful analgesic adjunct for spinal anesthesia in patients undergoing cesarean section. But to the best of the investigator knowledge the effects of intrathecal Dexmedetomidine on the perioperative clinical profile of bupivacaine-induced spinal anesthesia were not studied before in the obstetric patient population.

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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