Tele-Anesthesia - Trans-Continental Anesthesia Compared to Standard Practice

NCT ID: NCT01331096

Last Updated: 2011-04-07

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-03-31

Brief Summary

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Patients in Pisa will undergo thyroid gland surgery. In the protocol group anesthesia will be performed using an automated anesthesia delivery system; preoperative and intra-operative assessment of patients will be performed via video-conferencing from Montreal, which will also monitor and control anesthesia delivery via distant Internet connection - as supervision of functioning of the automated anesthesia delivery system. In the control group anesthesia will be performed in a standard fashion with manual control of the syringe pumps infusing anesthetics drugs.

The hypothesis is that Tele-anesthesia, considered as preoperative assessment and anesthetic control of an automated anesthesia delivery system is feasible and reliable via standard means of internet communication (distant control via virtual network) and performed as well or even better than manual control of the anesthetic drugs infusion.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Thyroid Gland Resection

Study Design

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Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Anesthetic drugs manually administrated

No interventions assigned to this group

Automated anesthesia delivery system

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Elective patients
* Patient scheduled for surgery under spinal anesthesia
* Patients aged 18 to 85 years

Exclusion Criteria

* Unable to provide informed consent
* Comatose patients
* Patients with dementia
* Allergy to Propofol
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

85 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria Pisana

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Locations

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Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana

Pisa, PI, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Italy

Central Contacts

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Cedrick Zaouter, MD

Role: CONTACT

00393294858529

Facility Contacts

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Cedrick Zaouter, MD

Role: primary

+393284858529

References

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Hemmerling TM, Arbeid E, Wehbe M, Cyr S, Giunta F, Zaouter C. Transcontinental anaesthesia: a pilot study. Br J Anaesth. 2013 May;110(5):758-63. doi: 10.1093/bja/aes498. Epub 2013 Mar 10.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 23479676 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Teleanesthesia3054

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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