Opioid-based Versus Opioid-free Endotracheal Intubation

NCT ID: NCT06464393

Last Updated: 2025-07-22

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

70 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-03-20

Study Completion Date

2025-03-20

Brief Summary

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The aim of this study will be to investigate the effect of opioid-free induction versus opioid-based induction on hemodynamic response and nociception level index during elective operations

Detailed Description

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Laryngoscopy and intubation stimuli can cause a sustained sympathetic response manifested as hypertension and tachycardia. Therefore, preadministration of opioid medication aiming at blunting this hemodynamic response is common in everyday anesthetic practice.

Opioid-based anesthesia is associated with side-effects, such as respiratory depression, postoperative nausea and vomiting and occasional induction of tolerance and hyperalgesia.

Research in recent years has focused on the quest for non-opioid-based regimens (opioid-sparing and opioid-free techniques). Most of the relevant studies however focus on the advantages that opioid-free techniques bear on early and late postoperative patient recovery. Literature on the effect of opioid-free techniques especially on laryngoscopy, intubation and subsequent hemodynamic response.

Therefore, the aim of this study will be the comparison of the hemodynamic response to laryngoscopy and intubation between two groups of patients: a group in which opioid medications will be administered before anesthetic induction and a group in which a combination of lidocaine, dexmedetomidine and ketamine will be administered before anesthetic induction.

Conditions

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Anesthesia Anesthesia Intubation Opioid Use Analgesic Non-narcotic Fentanyl

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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ketamine-lidocaine-dexmedetomidine group

combination of ketamine-lidocaine-dexmedetomidine

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

ketamine-lidocaine-dexmedetomidine

Intervention Type DRUG

Patients will be administered 0,8 mcg/kg Dexmedetomidine in 100 mL of normal saline within 10 minutes as premedication. Followingly, they will receive 1mL/10 kg of the solution containing ketamine, lidocaine and dexmedetomidine at predefined concentrations just before induction of anesthesia.

fentanyl group

fentanyl

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

fentanyl

Intervention Type DRUG

Patients will be administered 2 mcg/kg fentanyl in 100 mL of normal saline within 10 minutes as premedication. Followingly, they will receive 1mL/10 kg of normal saline solution 0.9% just before induction of anesthesia.

Interventions

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ketamine-lidocaine-dexmedetomidine

Patients will be administered 0,8 mcg/kg Dexmedetomidine in 100 mL of normal saline within 10 minutes as premedication. Followingly, they will receive 1mL/10 kg of the solution containing ketamine, lidocaine and dexmedetomidine at predefined concentrations just before induction of anesthesia.

Intervention Type DRUG

fentanyl

Patients will be administered 2 mcg/kg fentanyl in 100 mL of normal saline within 10 minutes as premedication. Followingly, they will receive 1mL/10 kg of normal saline solution 0.9% just before induction of anesthesia.

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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KLD group control group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* adult patients
* American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification I-II
* Mallampati classification 1, 2 or 3

Exclusion Criteria

* anticipated difficult airway (Mallampati 4 classification, thyromental distance \< 6 cm, mouth opening \< 3 cm, neck extension\< 80
* atrioventricular block
* bradycardia (heart rate less than 55/min)
* preadministration of beta-blockers
* eligibility for rapid-sequence induction
* chronic use of opioid medications
* known allergy to induction agents
* history of psychiatric disease
* language or communication barriers or lack of informed consent
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Aretaieion University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr Kassiani Theodoraki

Professor of Anesthesiology

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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KASSIANI THEODORAKI, PhD, DESA

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Aretaieion University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Locations

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Aretaieion University Hospital

Athens, , Greece

Site Status

Countries

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Greece

References

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Shribman AJ, Smith G, Achola KJ. Cardiovascular and catecholamine responses to laryngoscopy with and without tracheal intubation. Br J Anaesth. 1987 Mar;59(3):295-9. doi: 10.1093/bja/59.3.295.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 3828177 (View on PubMed)

Theodoraki K, Fassoulaki A. Cardiovascular responses to laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation are not accompanied by ST-segment changes. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2009 Jun;26(6):520-2. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32831a468d. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19357514 (View on PubMed)

Vickovic S, Zdravkovic R, Radovanovic D, Galambos IF, Pap D, Krtinic D, Stanisavljevic S, Preveden M, Videnovic N, Videnovic J. Effect of different doses of remifentanil on the cardiovascular response after endotracheal intubation: a randomized double-blind study. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2023 Jan;27(2):653-658. doi: 10.26355/eurrev_202301_31067.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 36734737 (View on PubMed)

Feenstra ML, Jansen S, Eshuis WJ, van Berge Henegouwen MI, Hollmann MW, Hermanides J. Opioid-free anesthesia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Clin Anesth. 2023 Nov;90:111215. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2023.111215. Epub 2023 Jul 27.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 37515877 (View on PubMed)

Patel J, Snyder K, Brooks AK. Perioperative pain optimization in the age of the opioid epidemic. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2024 Jun 1;37(3):279-284. doi: 10.1097/ACO.0000000000001370. Epub 2024 Mar 12.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 38573179 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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548/02-02-2024

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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