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The effect of melatonin as an anesthetic premedicant

Melatonin premedication does not affect dynamic cardiovascular and cerebrovascular reflex responses to acute hypotension in healthy men

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CRIS
Registry ID
KCT0000213
Enrollment
12
Registered
2011-10-27
Start date
2009-10-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2019-03-11

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Drug : The experimental protocols were explained verbally to each subject, and written informed consent was obtained from each. Prior to the actual experimental day, each subject was familiarized with
Aspect Medical Systems, Inc., Norwood, MA, USA) was utilized to monitor consciousness. The middle cerebral artery was insonated by placing a 2-MHz Doppler probe (Companion III, Viasys Healthcare, Madi
Hokanson, Inc., Bellevue, WA), which inflates a large cuff to 50 mmHg in less than 0.3 s and deflates it in less than 0.2 s. After 2 min of inflation, the cuffs were deflated to produce at least a 10-

Sponsors

Asan Medical Center
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Male

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: healthy male volunteer betwenn 19 and 60 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: All subjects were free of any known cardiovascular or cerebrovascular diseases and were not taking any medications.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Changes in blood pressure and signal analysis;Changes in blood pressure and cerebral blood flow in middle cerebral artery and signal analysis

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Response of cardiovascular autonomic nervous system by melatonin administration;Response of dynamic cerebral autoregulation by melatonin administration

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactJi-Yeon Bang

Asan Medical Center

jyounbang@gmail.com+82-2-3010-3851

Outcome results

None listed

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