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Etomidate to Improve Outcome in Elderly Patients

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Postoperative Complications
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT02910206
Lead Sponsor
Zhihong LU
Brief Summary

Elderly patients have high mortality and postoperative complications rate after surgery, especially postoperative cardiac complications. A meta-analysis revealed haemodynamic intraoperative events significantly increased the risk of postoperative cardiac complications.To limit the risk, optimize the intraoperative management of circulation is essential. Anesthetic drug may effect on the haemodynamic intraoperative, reduction of postoperative complications should aimed at choosing the optimal anesthetic drug with minimal effect on haemodynamic.So this study is to explore the comparative efficacy and safety of anesthetic drug (etomidate or propofol) in elderly patients

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1917
Inclusion Criteria
  • Aged between 65 and 80 years old.
  • Patients scheduled for elective gastrointestinal surgery under general anesthesia.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Expected duration of surgery < 1 or >4 hours
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists status >III
  • Body Mass Index < 18 kg/m2 or> 25 kg/m2
  • Cerebrovascular accident occurred within the previous 3 months,such as stroke or transient ischemic attack
  • Unstable angina and myocardial infarction occurred within the previous 3 months
  • Patients with serious hepatic dysfunction ( the serum level of alanine transaminase, conjugated bilirubin, aspartate transaminase, alkaline phosphatase or total bilirubin is 2 folds more than upper normal limit) or renal dysfunction(creatinine clearance rate less than 30 milliliter per minute).
  • Diabetic patients with complication (diabetic ketoacidosis, hyperosmotic coma,all kinds of infection, macroangiopathy, diabetic nephropathy, retinopathy, diabetic cardiomyopathy, diabetic neuropathy, diabetic foot).
  • Preoperative blood pressure more than or equal to 180/110 mmHg
  • Confirmed or suspected of narcotic analgesics abusing or long term using
  • Taking corticosteroids or immunosuppressive agents for more than 10 days with the previous 6 months or had history of adrenal suppression or immune system disease.
  • Patients with thyroid hypofunction.
  • Patients with history of asthma.
  • Patients with history of surgery within previous 3 months.
  • Patients allergic or contraindicated to propofol or etomidate
  • Patients participated in other study within the last 30 days

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
etomidateSufentaniletomidate is given for maintenance of general anesthesia,combined with sufentanil and cisatracurium
etomidateEtomidateetomidate is given for maintenance of general anesthesia,combined with sufentanil and cisatracurium
etomidateCisatracuriumetomidate is given for maintenance of general anesthesia,combined with sufentanil and cisatracurium
propofolpropofolpropofol is given for maintenance of general anesthesia,combined with sufentanil and cisatracurium
propofolSufentanilpropofol is given for maintenance of general anesthesia,combined with sufentanil and cisatracurium
propofolCisatracuriumpropofol is given for maintenance of general anesthesia,combined with sufentanil and cisatracurium
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of participants with complications defined by ICD (International codes of diseases)-9From the moment of giving sufentanil to the moment of discharge from hospital,up to 7 days
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
the time to discharge from hospitalFrom end of surgery to discharge from hospital,on an average of 7 days
the time to awake from anesthesiaFrom stopping etomidate or propofol infusion to awake, approximately 30 minutes
the time to withdraw tracheal tube from anesthesiaFrom end of etomidate or propofol infusion to recovery of spontaneous breathing and withdrawal of tracheal tube,approximately 30 minutes
the time to discharge from post-anesthesia care unitFrom admit into post-anesthesia care unit to discharge from post-anesthesia care unit,on an average of 30 minutes
Post Operative Nausea And vomiting score6 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours after end of surgery,approximately 6 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours respectively

score:0,no nausea and vomiting; 1,nausea without vomiting; 2,vomiting

pain on visual analogue scale6 hours after end of surgery,approximately 6 hours
satisfaction on visual analogue scale by the patients24 hours after end of surgery

patients will be asked to score their satisfaction on anesthesia on a visual analogue, 0 is for extremely unsatisfied, 10 is for totally satisfied

comfort on visual analogue scale by the patients24 hours after end of surgery

patients will be asked to score their comfort during and after anesthesia on a visual analogue, 0 is for extremely unsatisfied, 10 is for totally satisfied

incidence of hypotension during anesthesiafrom start of surgery to end of surgery, on an average of 2.5 hours

hypotension is defined as decrease of systemic blood pressure more than 20% of baseline

incidence of hypertension during anesthesiafrom start of surgery to end of surgery, on an average of 2.5 hours

hypotension is defined as increase of systemic blood pressure more than 20% of baseline

percentage of patients needed vasoactive agents during anesthesiafrom start of surgery to end of surgery, on an average of 2.5 hours
concentration of serum Adrenocorticotropichormone(ACTH) by radioimmunoassay24hours,48hours and 72hours after extubation,approximately 24 hour, 48 hour and 72 hour respectively
concentration of serum Cortisol by radioimmunoassay24hours,48hours and 72hours after extubation,approximately 24 hour, 48 hour and 72 hour respectively
concentration of serum aldosterone by radioimmunoassay24hours,48hours and 72hours after extubation,approximately 24 hour, 48 hour and 72 hour respectively
death by 6 months after surgeryfrom end of surgery to 6 months after surgery
death by 12 months after surgeryfrom end of surgery to 12 months after surgery

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University

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Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

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