Remifentanil Effect on Burst Suppression Ratio

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Electroencephalography; Burst Suppression; Anesthesia, Intravenous
• Interventions: Drug: Medium dose of remifentanil; Drug: High dose of remifentanil

• Registration Number: NCT06237101
• Lead Sponsor: University of Chile

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether remifentanil has a facilitating effect on the generation of burst suppression by propofol in adult patients (18-60 years) candidates for elective surgery who require remifentanil and American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) classification I or II. The main question it aims to answer are:

• To determine whether remifentanil has a facilitating effect on the generation of burst suppression by propofol.

Participants will undergo general anesthesia with remifentanil and propofol sequentially. After loss of consciousness, remifentanil will be adjusted to a medium or high concentration randomly and it will be determined at what concentration of propofol the burst suppressions are generated.

Then, the concentrations of propofol that generate burst suppression associated with either a medium or high concentration of remifentanil will be compared.

Detailed Description

Subjects will enter the ward, after which an 18 G intravenous cannula will be installed and will be monitored under the routinely applied ASA standard. Frontal EEG activity will be recorded using an anesthetic depth monitor and a baseline EEG will be recorded for 120 seconds with eyes closed. Subjects will then be preoxygenated. Once the oxygen concentration at the end of expiration reaches 90%, the administration of remifentanil will begin, under the Minto pharmacological model, to reach an effect site concentration of 7.5 ng/mL. Once the remifentanil concentration is reached, the infusion of propofol will begin at a rate of 15 mg/kg/h using Base Primea Orchestra, until loss of consciousness (LOC) is achieved. LOC will be defined as loss of response to verbal and tactile stimulation, which will be corroborated every 30 seconds. After this, the propofol infusion will be maintained at the concentration at which the LOC occurred, based on Marsh's pharmacological model, and rocuronium 0.6 mg/kg will be administered to facilitate orotracheal intubation.

Once the patient has been intubated, the remifentanil will be lowered to a concentration of 4 ng/mL and the surgery will continue. After 5 min after the LOC occurred, according to randomization, the concentration of remifentanil will remain at 4 ng/mL or increase to 7.5 ng/mL, and 10 min after the LOC occurred the propofol infusion rate will be changed to 15 mg/kg/h for 10 min. After this, the propofol concentration at which the LOC occurred will be returned and remifentanil will be maintained at 4 ng/mL. After 5 min after completing the previous step, remifentanil will be increased to 7.5 ng/mL or maintained at 4 ng/mL in the opposite way to what happened previously. After 10 min after completing the previous step, propofol will be dosed again at a fixed rate of 15 mg/kg/h for 10 min. Finally, after this time has elapsed, the concentration of propofol at which the LOC occurred will be returned and the remifentanil will be dosed according to the surgical requirements. Throughout the protocol, hemodynamics will be maintained with the usual management of drugs such as ephedrine in boluses or norepinephrine in continuous infusion.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2024-01
• Study First Submitted: 2024-01-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-01-24
• Study First Posted: 2024-02-01
• Study Start: 2024-03-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-03-06
• Last Update Posted: 2024-03-08
• Primary Completion: 2024-08-31
• Study Completion: 2024-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• American Society of Anesthesiology I or II
• Elective surgery of low or intermediate risk

Exclusion Criteria

• Neurological disease
• Psychiatric disease
• Use of psychoactive drugs or opioids
• Altered basal state of consciousness
• Allergy to propofol
• Body mass index > 35 kg/m2
• Pre-existing renal, cardiac and/or hepatic dysfunction
• Patient's refusal to participate

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Medium dose	Medium dose of remifentanil	Propofol concentration which generate burst suppression at medium dose of remifentanil
High dose	High dose of remifentanil	Propofol concentration which generate burst suppression at high dose of remifentanil

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Propofol estimated concentration by Marsh pharmacological model, which generates burst suppression	During 10 minutes when propofol dosification is increased to 15 mg/kg/h	\[mcg/mL\]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Total ephedrine dose	During all protocol, 40 min	mg
Bispectral index at burst suppression	During 10 minutes when propofol dosification is increased to 15 mg/kg/h	(0-100), 0 indicates a flat electroencephalogram and 100 indicates to be awake.
Propofol estimated concentration by Marsh pharmacological model, which generates loss of consciousness	Minutes, during anesthesia induction is performed	\[mcg/mL\]
Maximal dose of norepinephrine	During all protocol, 40 min	mcg/kg/min
Mean arterial pressure during burst suppression	During 10 minutes when propofol dosification is increased to 15 mg/kg/h	mmHg

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Centro de Investigación Cínica Avanzada (CICA), Hospital Clinico de la Universidad de Chile; 🇨🇱 Santiago, RM, Chile

Hospital Clinico de la Universidad de Chile; 🇨🇱 Santiago, RM, Chile