Nol-Index Guided Remifentanil Analgesia Versus Standard Analgesia During Moderate-to-High Risk Cardiovascular Surgery

NCT ID: NCT04137991

Last Updated: 2022-07-01

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

48 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-10-10

Study Completion Date

2021-11-01

Brief Summary

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This study will investigate the potential of guiding remifentanil analgesia during cardiac and vascular surgery in moderate to high risk patients requiring general anesthesia.

Detailed Description

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Justification:

Moderate-to-high risk cardiovascular surgery is associated with perioperative morbidity and mortality. These patients undergo general anesthesia and often require tight blood pressure control (e.g., using norepinephrine titration) to avoid the complications associated with hypotension and reduced cardiac output. Standard analgesia opioid titration to control nociception (i.e., the patient's unconscious response to noxious stimuli) is based on the anesthesiologist's experience and variations in the patient's heart rate and blood pressure. This causes anesthesiologists to often give too much analgesic, which can lead to inhibition of the sympathetic autonomic nervous system, hypotension, and associated side effects. A recently developed nociception monitor, the PMD-200 (Medasense, Israel), is capable of measuring the patient's level of nociception-antinociception balance and can guide opioid administration. This monitor may allow anesthesiologists to administer only the required amount of opioid, which may lead to better hemodynamic stability and better postoperative outcome.

Objectives:

The goal of this study is to determine if titrating analgesia using the Nol-Index, when compared to standard care, leads to decreased infused remifentanil, decreased norepinephrine, increased cardiac output, more stable blood pressure control, and decreased postoperative complications in moderate-to-high risk patients undergoing cardiac or vascular surgery.

Conditions

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Nociceptive Pain Goal-directed Therapy Hemodynamic Instability Nol-Index Remifentanil Cardiac Surgery Vascular Surgery General Anesthesia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Nol-Guided Analgesia Group

In the Nol-Guided Analgesia Group remifentanil effect site concentration will be adapted to maintain the NOL-index between 10 and 25 throughout the anesthetic.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Nol-Index guided analgesia

Intervention Type DEVICE

Monitor that indicates the level of nociception-antinociception balance

Standard Analgesia Group

Remifentanil titration in the Standard Analgesia Group will be left at the anesthesiologists discretion (i.e., guided by heart rate, blood pressure, and experience).

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Standard Analgesia

Intervention Type OTHER

Administration of remifentanil based guided by heart rate, blood pressure, and experience

Interventions

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Nol-Index guided analgesia

Monitor that indicates the level of nociception-antinociception balance

Intervention Type DEVICE

Standard Analgesia

Administration of remifentanil based guided by heart rate, blood pressure, and experience

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* moderate-to-high risk cardiac or vascular surgery
* ASA 2-4

Exclusion Criteria

* chronic arrhythmia (e.g. atrial fibrillation)
* aortic insufficiency
* pacemaker
* implanted defibrillator
* valve surgery
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Erasme University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Luc Barvais, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Erasme University Hospital

Locations

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Anesthesia Department, Erasme Hospital

Brussels, , Belgium

Site Status

Countries

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Belgium

Other Identifiers

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P2019/427

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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