Comparison of an Opioid-Free Anesthesia Protocol Versus Standard Practices on Early and Late Post-operative Recovery

Phase 3

• Conditions: Opioid Analgesic Adverse Reaction; Anesthesia; Post-Op Complication; Anesthesia; Adverse Effect
• Interventions: Drug: Opioid Free Anaesthesia protocol; Drug: standard practice protocol based on the use of opioids (sufentanil or remifentanil)

• Registration Number: NCT04797312
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Angers

Brief Summary

Opioid-Free Anesthesia (OFA) is an anesthesia protocol that does not use morphine, and is increasingly used routinely. Indeed, this protocol would theoretically allow a better post-operative analgesic control, a lower incidence of post-operative complications (e.g. post-operative nausea and vomiting). In the end, it would also allow a better overall post-operative recovery and a decrease in the incidence of chronic post-operative pain.

Nevertheless, the literature is poor on this issue and no randomized controlled study has evaluated the effect of the use of this type of anesthesia protocol on postoperative recovery.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-02-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-03-11
• Study First Posted: 2021-03-15
• Study Start: 2021-07-12
• Status Verified: 2021-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-10-05
• Last Update Posted: 2021-10-14
• Primary Completion: 2022-11
• Study Completion: 2023-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 140

Inclusion Criteria

• Age > 18 years
• Surgery lasting more than 90 minutes with planned use of morphine analgesics during post-operative hospitalization (outside the PACU stay),
• ENT surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, digestive and visceral surgery, urological surgery and gynecological surgery,
• Surgery that does not involve any bone procedure,
• Written consent of the patient,
• French-speaking patient, able to understand and answer a questionnaire,
• Social security affiliation

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnant, breastfeeding or parturient woman,
• Person deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision,
• A person who is subject to a legal protection measure,
• Person unable to express consent,
• BMI < 18 and > 39 kg/m2,
• Drug contraindications, in particular hypersensitivity to the active substances of one of the study drugs (in particular lidocaine hydrochloride or amide- or clonidine-linked local anaesthetics) or to one of the excipients,
• Porphyria,
• Heart failure or unstable coronary artery disease,
• bradyarrhythmia due to sinus node disease or conduction clock, or Adam-Stock's syndrome, not fitted,
• Hepatocellular insufficiency with TP < or =50%,
• Chronic renal failure with glomerular filtration < 60 ml/min.
• Long-term treatment with Imipraminics, Neuroleptics, Baclofen, and all other molecules at risk of QT prolongation,
• Uncontrolled epilepsy,
• Chronic treatment with beta-blockers,
• Need for induction in fast sequence,
• Severe psychiatric or cognitive disorder that interferes with the evaluation through questionnaires.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Opioid free anesthesia (OFA) protocol	Opioid Free Anaesthesia protocol	-
standard practice protocol based on the use of opioids (sufentanil or remifentanil)	standard practice protocol based on the use of opioids (sufentanil or remifentanil)	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
FQoR-15 score at 24 hours	24 hours after surgery	Value of the French Quality of Recovery-15 score (minimum value of 0 and maximum value of 150, with a higher score for a better outcome).; The QoR-15 questionnaires will be completed by the patient himself whenever possible, who could be helped by a nurse blinded to the assignment group, or by phone if the patient has returned home.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
FQoR-15 score at 48 and 72 hours	48 and 72 hours after surgery	Value of the French Quality of Recovery-15 score (minimum value of 0 and maximum value of 150, with a higher score for a better outcome).; The QoR-15 questionnaires will be completed by the patient himself whenever possible, who could be helped by a nurse blinded to the assignment group, or by phone if the patient has returned home.
Pain on effort at 6, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours	6, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours after surgery	Pain evaluated via a 11-item analogue scale (from 0 to 10, with 10 for the worst pain) assessed by a blinded nurse.
Opioid consumption	7 days	Amount of opioid consumption in the 7 days, assessed by a blinded investigator.
anesthesiologist satisfaction at day 1	day 1	satisfaction concerning the protocole evaluated via a 11-item analogue scale (from 0 to 10, with 10 for the worst pain)
Proportion of patient with at least one POMS complication at 24, 48 and 72 hours	24, 48 and 72 hours	POMS complication as described in the Post-operative Morbidity Survey, assessed by a blinded investigator.
Surgeon satisfaction at day 1	day 1	satisfaction concerning the protocole evaluated via a 11-item analogue scale (from 0 to 10, with 10 for the worst pain)
Incidence of hemodynamic, rhythmic and allergic complications at day 1	day 1	Hemodynamic tolerance: the need to introduce catecholamines intraoperatively, or the need to stop one of the treatments in the protocol for hemodynamic reasons, Rhythmic tolerance: episode of extreme bradycardia \< 35 bpm or tachycardia \> 140 bpm for more than 30 seconds, The occurrence of a hypersensitivity reaction or other adverse events attributable to the anesthesia protocol.; The complications are collected by the anesthesia team.
Proportion of patients with chronic pain at 3 months	3 months	Proportion of patients with chronic pain at 3 months detecting with brief pain inventory, assessed by a blinded investigator.
Quality of life measured from EQ VAS (EQ-5D-3L)	3 months	The Quality of life is evaluated via EQ VAS (derivating from the 5-level EQ-5D version (EQ-5D-3L), by a blinded assessor. The value from this scale records the patient's self-rated health on a vertical visual analogue scale, where the endpoints are labelled 'The best health you can imagine'. The scale is rated from 0 to 100.
Proportion of neuropathic pain at 3 months	3 months	The proportion of patients reporting neuropathic pain is defined by the DN4 questionnaire by a phone call with a blinded investigator. If the score is equal to or greater than 4/10, we define the presence of neuropathic pain.
Proportion of respect of the allocated anesthesia protocol	24 hours after surgery	Respect of the allocated protocol by the anesthesia team: OFA protocol will be considered complete if at least two of the following drugs are used between ketamine, lidocaine, clonidine and magnesium sulfate, and if no intraoperative opioids are used; the standard group will be considered complete if lidocaine, clonidine or magnesium sulfate are not used intra-operatively.; This outcome is collected by one of the investigator.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospital of Angers; 🇫🇷 Angers, France