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Interest of the Automated Management of Deep Neuromuscular Blockade Monitoring (CURATP)

Not Applicable
Conditions
Neuromuscular Blockade
Interventions
Device: Monitorage by TOF/PTC
Device: Monitorage by ATP
Registration Number
NCT05784610
Lead Sponsor
Poitiers University Hospital
Brief Summary

Neuromuscular blockade (NMB) recommendations updated in 2018 by the Société Française d'Anesthésie et Réanimation (SFAR) recommend the use of NMB agents to facilitate surgical procedure during abdominal surgery by laparotomy or laparoscopy.

This study aims to evaluate deep NMB monitoring with automated management of NMB depth measurement (ATP mode) versus non-automated monitoring (PTC/TOF), in order to improve the maintenance of deep NMB during abdominal surgery.

Detailed Description

The beneficial effects of deep NMB on the surgical conditions and thus the per and post operative surgical morbidity have been demonstrated in several studies, but the evidence are not yet consistent enough to make recommendations.

The monitoring of per operative NMB remains the rule, using the Train Of Four (TOF) at the ulnar nerve at the adductor of the thumb. However, when deep NMB for the most resistant muscles of the body is required (diaphragm and abdominal wall), the Post Tetanic Count (PTC) should be used.

In order to better adjust the NMB to the conditions of muscle relaxation required during surgery, an automatic mode called ATP for Automatic TOF/PTC has been developed (TofScan, Idmed, Marseille, France).

The investigators hypothesized that the use of the ATP would be able to better insure deep NMB, and to limit interventions on patients and/or on the NMB monitor during surgical procedure.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients will be included if they meet all the following criteria :
  • Age ≥ 18 years
  • Scheduled Abdominal surgery by laparoscopy (digestive, urological and gynaecological) with a planned procedure duration of more than one hour, requiring deep NMB by rocuronium
  • ASA I, II or III
  • Free subject, without guardianship, curatorship or subordination
  • Signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
  • Persons benefiting from enhanced protection, namely minors, persons deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision, adults under legal protection.
  • Induction in rapid sequence,
  • Use of an other NMB agent than rocuronium
  • Predictable difficult intubation
  • Persons participating in another clinical trial

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
TOF/PTCMonitorage by ATPNon-automated neuromuscular blockade monitoring (TOF/PTC). As the NMB monitoring is depending on anesthesiologist usual practice and so only TOF measure is systematic, it is necessary to include a blind anesthesiologist measurement with the ATP mode in order to compare with data obtained during Time 2.
ATPMonitorage by ATPAutomated neuromuscular blockade monitoring (ATP). TOF and PTC stimulations are regularly performed, and PTC is systematically performed if TOF = 0/4. If PTC = 10/10, a TOF stimulation is automatically performed.
TOF/PTCMonitorage by TOF/PTCNon-automated neuromuscular blockade monitoring (TOF/PTC). As the NMB monitoring is depending on anesthesiologist usual practice and so only TOF measure is systematic, it is necessary to include a blind anesthesiologist measurement with the ATP mode in order to compare with data obtained during Time 2.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Evaluate the monitoring of deep NMB by automated management of the measurement of depth NMB (ATP mode) compared to non-automated monitoring (PTC/TOF) in order to improve the maintenance of deep NMB during abdominal surgeryFrom intubation to surgical closure

Percentage of time spent on deep NMB target during anesthesia, defined by PTC ≥ 1 and ≤ 5 responses

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Effect of maintaining deep NMB at surgical level during the procedureFrom intubation to surgical closure

Maximum intra-abdominal pressure of insufflation in mmHg recorded during surgical procedure

Number of interventions by the anesthesia team to maintain deep curarizationFrom intubation to surgical closure

Number of NMB agents reinjections and interventions on the NMB monitor by the anesthesia team, per hour, during the procedure

Amount of NMB agents administeredFrom intubation to surgical closure

Total dose of NMB agents administered in mg/kg/h during the surgical procedure

Need to reverse NMB agents at the end of the procedureFrom intubation to surgical closure

Number of patients requiring NMB reversal with prostigmine or sugammadex

Surgical conditions on the Leiden Surgical Rating Scale scoreFrom intubation to surgical closure

Surgical conditions will be measured using a translated French version of the Leiden Surgical Rating Scale ( L-SRS ), a likert scale from 1 "extremely poor conditions" to 5 "optimal conditions"

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centre Hospitalier de Poitiers

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Poitiers, Vienne, France

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