Phenylephrine Versus Norepinephrine for Maintenance of Hemodynamic During Cesarean Section Under Spinal Anesthesia

NCT ID: NCT03849508

Last Updated: 2021-05-27

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

124 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-02-27

Study Completion Date

2020-12-02

Brief Summary

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Comparison between prophylactic continuous variable infusion of phenylephrine (starting dose 0,5mcg/kg/min) and norepinephrine tartrate (starting dose 0,1mcg/kg/min) to prevent hypotension and maintain cardiac output under spinal anesthesia during cesarean delivery.

Detailed Description

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Maternal hypotension is a frequent complication after spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery. Many vasopressors have been studied and used, but the perfect vasopressor is yet to be found. Phenylephrine is the most common used in obstetric anesthesia but its cardiac depressant activity, being an only alpha-adrenergic agonistic, is linked to frequent side effects such as bradycardia and decreased cardiac output.

Norepinephrine is a vasopressor characterized by both alpha and minor beta-adrenergic agonistic activity, it has then a minimal cardiac depressant activity. Hence it would provide a better stability of hemodynamic and cardiac output, and appears as a better alternative to phenylephrine.

In this study, the investigators will compare prophylactic continuous variable infusion of both vasopressors. Phenylephrine started at the dose of 0,5mcg/kg/min and Norepinephrine tartrate started at the dose of 0,1mcg/kg/min. The doses will be adjusted according to maternal systolic blood pressure in order to prevent hypotension (defined by a systolic blood pressure under 80% of baseline).

Conditions

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Cesarean Section Complications Spinal Anesthesia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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phenylephrine

Spinal anesthesia with bupivacaine, sufentanil and morphine will be performed and prophylactic infusion of phenylephrine started at an initial rate of 0,5mcg/kg/ min. The rate will be adjusted according to maternal systolic blood pressure.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Phenylephrine

Intervention Type DRUG

Drug: Phenylephrine variable infusion with a starting rate of 0,5μg/kg/min

Drug: Hyperbaric Bupivacaine will be injected in the subarachnoid space with a dose of 8 to 12 mg adjusted according to height

Drug: Sufentanil will be injected in the subarachnoid space with a dose of 2,5μg

Drug: Morphine will be injected in the subarachnoid space with a dose of 100 μg

Norepinephrine

Spinal anesthesia with bupivacaine, sufentanil and morphine will be performed and prophylactic infusion of norepinephrine tartrate started at an initial rate of 0,1mcg/kg/min. The rate will be adjusted according to maternal systolic blood pressure.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Norepinephrine

Intervention Type DRUG

Drug: Norepinephrine Norepinephrine tartrate variable infusion with a starting rate of 0,1μg/kg/min (equivalent to norepinephrine base of 0.05 μg /Kg/min).

Other name: Noradrenaline

Drug: Hyperbaric Bupivacaine will be injected in the subarachnoid space with a dose of 8 to 12 mg adjusted according to height

Drug: Sufentanil will be injected in the subarachnoid space with a dose of 2,5μg

Drug: Morphine will be injected in the subarachnoid space with a dose of 100 μg

Interventions

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Norepinephrine

Drug: Norepinephrine Norepinephrine tartrate variable infusion with a starting rate of 0,1μg/kg/min (equivalent to norepinephrine base of 0.05 μg /Kg/min).

Other name: Noradrenaline

Drug: Hyperbaric Bupivacaine will be injected in the subarachnoid space with a dose of 8 to 12 mg adjusted according to height

Drug: Sufentanil will be injected in the subarachnoid space with a dose of 2,5μg

Drug: Morphine will be injected in the subarachnoid space with a dose of 100 μg

Intervention Type DRUG

Phenylephrine

Drug: Phenylephrine variable infusion with a starting rate of 0,5μg/kg/min

Drug: Hyperbaric Bupivacaine will be injected in the subarachnoid space with a dose of 8 to 12 mg adjusted according to height

Drug: Sufentanil will be injected in the subarachnoid space with a dose of 2,5μg

Drug: Morphine will be injected in the subarachnoid space with a dose of 100 μg

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Pregnancy higher than 36 weeks of amenorrhea
* Scheduled or semi-urgent (interval between decision and delivery by cesarean section higher than 12hours) cesarean section under spinal anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria

* Extreme height (less than 140cm; higher than 180cm)
* Weight less than 50kg
* Weight higher than 120kg
* Cardiovascular disease with use of cardiac medication (including antihypertensive drug)
* Active neurological disease
* Anti-hypertension treatment.
* High blood pressure or severe pre-eclampsia
* American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status class higher than 3
* Placenta accrete/percreta
* Cesarean section scheduled under general anesthesia
* Contraindications to spinal anesthesia
* Minor (age less than 18 years old)
* Guardianship/ curatorship
* Anemia less than or equal to 8 g/dl
* Allergy to any study medication
* Simultaneous participation in another study
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Olivier BELIN, Dr

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

CHR d'Orléans

Locations

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Regional Hospital Center of ORLEANS

Orléans, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

References

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Mercier FJ, Auge M, Hoffmann C, Fischer C, Le Gouez A. Maternal hypotension during spinal anesthesia for caesarean delivery. Minerva Anestesiol. 2013 Jan;79(1):62-73. Epub 2012 Nov 18.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Langesaeter E, Dyer RA. Maternal haemodynamic changes during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2011 Jun;24(3):242-8. doi: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32834588c5.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Kinsella SM, Carvalho B, Dyer RA, Fernando R, McDonnell N, Mercier FJ, Palanisamy A, Sia ATH, Van de Velde M, Vercueil A; Consensus Statement Collaborators. International consensus statement on the management of hypotension with vasopressors during caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia. Anaesthesia. 2018 Jan;73(1):71-92. doi: 10.1111/anae.14080. Epub 2017 Nov 1. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Chooi C, Cox JJ, Lumb RS, Middleton P, Chemali M, Emmett RS, Simmons SW, Cyna AM. Techniques for preventing hypotension during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Aug 4;8(8):CD002251. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002251.pub3.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Stewart A, Fernando R, McDonald S, Hignett R, Jones T, Columb M. The dose-dependent effects of phenylephrine for elective cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia. Anesth Analg. 2010 Nov;111(5):1230-7. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181f2eae1. Epub 2010 Sep 14.

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Vallejo MC, Attaallah AF, Elzamzamy OM, Cifarelli DT, Phelps AL, Hobbs GR, Shapiro RE, Ranganathan P. An open-label randomized controlled clinical trial for comparison of continuous phenylephrine versus norepinephrine infusion in prevention of spinal hypotension during cesarean delivery. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2017 Feb;29:18-25. doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2016.08.005. Epub 2016 Aug 28.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Ngan Kee WD, Lee SWY, Ng FF, Khaw KS. Prophylactic Norepinephrine Infusion for Preventing Hypotension During Spinal Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery. Anesth Analg. 2018 Jun;126(6):1989-1994. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002243.

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McLaughlin K, Wright SP, Kingdom JCP, Parker JD. Clinical Validation of Non-Invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring in Healthy Pregnant Women. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2017 Nov;39(11):1008-1014. doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2017.02.015. Epub 2017 Jul 18.

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Belin O, Casteres C, Alouini S, Le Pape M, Dupont A, Boulain T. Manually Controlled, Continuous Infusion of Phenylephrine or Norepinephrine for Maintenance of Blood Pressure and Cardiac Output During Spinal Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery: A Double-Blinded Randomized Study. Anesth Analg. 2023 Mar 1;136(3):540-550. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006244. Epub 2022 Oct 24.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 36279409 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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CHRO-2018-10

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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