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Hypobaric Lateral Spinal Anesthesia Versus General Anesthesia for the Hip Fracture Surgery

Hypobaric Lateral Spinal Anesthesia Versus General Anesthesia: Hemodynamic Stability and Short Term Cardiovascular Complications in Elderly Patients Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery.

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03373864
Acronym
RACHYP
Enrollment
154
Registered
2017-12-14
Start date
2018-01-11
Completion date
2019-11-25
Last updated
2025-12-19

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Conditions

Hip Fractures

Keywords

Unilateral spinal anesthesia, general anesthesia, hemodynamic stability, MINS, hip fracture, elderly, AKI

Brief summary

Hip fracture is a frequent pathology, involving elderly patients with many co-morbidities ; therefore, post-operative morbidity and mortality is high. It is reported that intra-operative hemodynamics correlate with post-operative complications such as myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery (MINS) or acute kidney injury (AKI) ; that is why elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery should benefit from a better hemodynamic stability. Low-dose hypobaric lateral spinal anesthesia with a reduced dose of local anesthetic has been shown to have better hemodynamic stability than conventional spinal anesthesia. It has also been reported that general anesthesia and conventional spinal anesthesia in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery have the same hemodynamic effect. However, no published study has compared low-dose hypobaric lateral spinal anesthesia to general anesthesia with regards to hemodynamic effects. The aim of the present study is to compare the intra-operative hemodynamics of low-dose hypobaric lateral spinal anesthesia with that of general anesthesia in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery.

Interventions

Unilateral spinal anesthesia with hypobaric local anesthesia allowing a lateralized anesthesia of the fractured limb.

PROCEDUREGeneral anesthesia

General anesthesia following the latest recommendations for elderly patients (SFAR 2017)

Sponsors

Hospices Civils de Lyon
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
70 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

\- Every patient aged 70 years or more who undergoes urgent surgery for a traumatic hip fracture.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients younger than 70 years of age * Pathological fractures or multiple trauma * Contraindications to spinal anesthesia: * allergy to the local anesthetic * patients treated by clopidogrel (Plavix®) * patients treated by oral anticoagulants: dabigatran (Pradaxa®), rivaroxaban (Xarelto®), or apixaban (Eliquis®). * Coagulation disorders: (Prothrombin Time \< 50 %, or Partial Thromboplastin Time ratio \> 1.5, or platelets \< 80 G/L), * Local infection of the puncture site * hyperthermia (\> 38.5°C) * agitated patients * patients included in another study * patients under judicial protection

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of episode of severe intraoperative hypotensionAt Day 0Occurrence of an episode of severe hypotension defined as a mean arterial pressure (MAP) \< 65 mmHg for more than 12 minutes during the operative time.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Myocardial injury after non cardiac surgery (MINS) occurence3 days after surgeryElevated troponin T level (troponin T \> 100 ng/L) in aged patients (over 75 years) and for patients under the age of 75 years old Troponin T\> 34 ng/L for men and troponin T \> 16 ng / L for women, in a blood test performed in the first 3 days after surgery due to a myocardial ischemia.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurence3 days after surgeryPostoperative AKI is defined as an increase in serum creatinine between preoperative and postoperative values (increase of more than 1.5-fold or more than 0.3mg/dL of the value before surgery.)
Hemoglobin rate1 day after surgeryMean decrease between preoperative and postoperative values at 1st and 3rd day after surgery
Blood lossAt Day 0Intraoperative blood loss : quantity of blood in the suction container
Quantity of ephedrine used during the interventionAt Day 0Quantity of ephedrine used during operative time and recovery room
All-cause mortality30 days after surgery
Number of episodes with a MAP < 65 mmHg for more than 12 minutes during operative timeAt Day 0
Total time with MAP < 65 mmHg for more than 12 minutes during operative timeAt Day 0
Hospitalisation timeUp to 45 days after surgery
Number of episode of severe hypotension in the recovery room.At Day 0Occurrence of an episode of severe hypotension defined as a mean arterial pressure (MAP) \< 65 mmHg for more than 12 minutes in the recovery room.
Quantity of noradrenaline used during the interventionAt Day 0Quantity of noradrenaline used during operative time and recovery room

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026