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Effects of Dexmedetomidine on postoperative sleep and cognitive function during abdominal surgery in the elderly: a randomized double-blind controlled trial

Effects of Dexmedetomidine on postoperative sleep and cognitive function during abdominal surgery in the elderly: a randomized double-blind controlled trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR1900021239
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2019-02-03
Start date
2019-03-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2019-02-04

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Conditions

Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders

Interventions

Experimental group:Postoperative intravenous analgesia with dexmedetomidine 5µg/kg + Sufentanil 2 ug/kg + N.S. to 100 ml
Control group:Sufentanil 2 ug/kg + N.S. to 100 ml

Sponsors

Shunde Hospital of Southern Medical University(The First People's Hospital of Shunde)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
65 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Sign the informed consent; 2. Elderly patients undergoing abdominal surgery under general anesthesia with tracheal intubation (The operation is expected to take 2-5 hours); 3. Aged 65 to 80 years; 4. Primary school and above; 5. BMI 18-25kg/m2; 6. ASA physical status I to III; 7. Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE)>27.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Refuse to participate in the study; 2. Patients who had a concurrent diagnosis or past medical history of schizophrenia or other psychotic disorder, epilepsy, Parkinson's Disease or myasthenia gravis; 3. Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE)<27; 4. Sleep apnea syndrome; 5. Patients who had a past medical history of using other sedatives; 6. Severe audio-visual dysfunctionunable to communicate; 7. Sick sinus syndromesevere ,severe sinus bradycardia (< 50 beats per minute), or second-degree or above; 8. Atrioventricular block without pacemaker; 9. Cardiac insufficiency or Severe hepatic dysfunction.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Sleep quality;Occurrence of Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Postoperative length of stay;Serum S100-beta protein;IL-6;TNF-a;Levels of morning urine melatonin;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactYiwen Zhang

Shunde Hospital of Southern Medical University (The First People's Hospital of Shunde)

ssss047@163.com+86 13794647543

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026