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Comparison of Pain Response Monitoring Between Remifentanil Anesthesia and Dexmedetomidine Opioid-Free Anesthesia

Event-related analgesia nociception index responses during remifentanil-based versus dexmedetomidine-based opioid-free anesthesia: a prospective randomized physiologic study

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CRIS
Registry ID
KCT0012378
Enrollment
86
Registered
2026-08-02
Start date
2026-08-03
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Drug : All participants will receive intravenous acetaminophen 1 g approximately 30 minutes before entering the operating room for postoperative analgesia. General anesthesia will be induced and maint

Sponsors

Chonnam National University Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Female patients aged 20 to 60 years. Scheduled to undergo elective gynecologic laparoscopic surgery under general anesthesia. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I or II. Body mass index (BMI) <30 kg/m². Able to understand the study procedures and voluntarily provide written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients undergoing emergency surgery; patients with a body mass index (BMI) =30 kg/m²; patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Status classification III or higher; pregnant patients; patients with an anticipated difficult airway or a high likelihood of delayed tracheal intubation; patients with arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, an implanted pacemaker, or clinically significant conduction abnormalities; patients with severe cardiovascular disease, unstable angina, or a history of recent myocardial infarction; patients with uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure =200 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure =110 mmHg at operating room entry); patients taking ß-blockers; patients with diabetes and an HbA1c exceeding 7.0%; patients with diabetes being treated with insulin; patients with a medical record history of diagnosed diabetic autonomic neuropathy or peripheral neuropathy; patients with an eGFR =60 mL/min/1.73 m², AST =120 IU/L, or ALT =120 IU/L; patients with significant neurological or psychiatric disease; patients with chronic opioid use; patients on long-term medications that may affect the autonomic or central nervous system, such as sedatives, antidepressants, antipsychotics, or anticonvulsants; patients with a history of contraindication or hypersensitivity to propofol, remifentanil, dexmedetomidine, acetaminophen, or the rescue medications used in the study; and patients otherwise deemed inappropriate for study participation by the investigator.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Change in the mean Analgesia Nociception Index (ANIm) measured during the clean analysis window at tracheal intubation (?ANIm)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Changes in the mean Analgesia Nociception Index (?ANIm), Entropy (RE/SE), heart rate, and noninvasive blood pressure during clean analysis windows at tetanic stimulation, skin incision or first trocar insertion, and first achievement of a pneumoperitoneum pressure of 12 mmHg;Target effect-site concentrations (Ce) of propofol and remifentanil at each predefined perioperative event;Frequency of rescue remifentanil use in the dexmedetomidine-based opioid-free anesthesia group;Incidence of intubation-related hypertension or tachycardia;Rate of obtaining clean event-analysis windows, event contamination rate, and causes of event contamination;Post-anesthesia care unit numerical rating scale pain score, postoperative nausea and vomiting, and rescue analgesic use

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactJoungmin Kim

Chonnam National University Hospital

tca77@hanmail.net+82-62-220-6895

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CRIS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 10, 2026