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Automatic Remifentanil Administration Guided by ANI During Propofol Anesthesia

Automatic Remifentanil Administration Guided by the Analgesia Nociception Index During Propofol Anesthesia

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03556696
Acronym
ANI-LOOP
Enrollment
52
Registered
2018-06-14
Start date
2018-06-27
Completion date
2022-11-22
Last updated
2026-02-20

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Conditions

Nociceptive Pain, Surgical Procedure, Unspecified

Keywords

general anesthesia, analgesia/nociception balance monitoring, expert system

Brief summary

Prospective Randomized Monocentric Clinical Trial during propofol anesthesia. The aim of the study is to test whether the use of a medical device designed to automatically administer remifentanil during surgery based on expert rules and continuous reading of heart rate, blood pressure and the Analgesia Nociception Index results in lower overall remifentanil administration versus standard practice.

Detailed description

Prospective Randomized Monocentric Clinical Trial during propofol anesthesia. * inclusion: ASA 1, 2 or 3 adult patients scheduled to undergo burn wound surgery in a Burn Center (University Hospital of Lille, France) * arm 1 : Remifentanil will be automatically administered by an expert system guided by heart rate, blood pressure and the Analgesia Nociception Index (ANI). * arm 2 : Remifentanil will be administered by a target controlled device using the Minto pK/pD model. * propofol is administered throughout the procedure with a target controlled device using the pK/pD model of Schnider. The target will be guided by the BiSpectral index values. * primary endpoint : overall normalized remifentanil administration. * secondary endpoints : relative amount of time spent in a state of hemodynamic reactivity ; relative amount of time the ANI spends in the \[0-50\], \[50-70\] and \[70-100\] windows ; relative amount of time the BIS spends in the \[0-40\], \[40-60\] and \[60-100\] ; hemodynamic status at various times during anesthesia ; total amount of target modifications of remifentanil and propofol ; total amount of morphine administered in PACU ; total amount of ketamine administered in PACU ; incidence of nausea/vomiting in PACU ;

Interventions

DEVICEANI-REMI-loop

experimental medical device using expert rules and continuous reading of heart rate, blood pressure and Analgesia Nociception Index for automatic remifentanil administration

DEVICEremifentanil pK/pD target administration device

standard practice, remifentanil administration using Minto's pK/pD model

DRUGRemifentanil

Remifentanil Ce target can range from 0 to 10 ng.ml-1. Remifentanil target is adapted in order to maintain Analgesia Nociception Index (MDMS, Loos, France) in the \[50-70\] range.

DRUGPropofol

propofol is used for induction and maintenance of general anesthesia using Schnider pK/pD model. Propofol Ce target is adapted in order to maintain BiSpectral Index in \[40-60\] range

ANI (Analgesia Nociception Index) value is used in the "std\_practice" arm for guidance of the remifentanil Ce target

Sponsors

University Hospital, Lille
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)

Intervention model description

Monocentric prospective randomized controlled clinical trial * arm 1: medical device automatically administering remifentanil, guided by expert rules and continuous reading of heart rate, blood pressure and Analgesia Nociception Index (MDMS, Loos, France) * arm 2 : standard practice : remifentanil is administered using a target controlled device using a pK/pD model of Minto

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* ASA 1, 2 or 3 adult patients scheduled to undergo burn wound surgery at the Burn Center of the University Hospital of Lille

Exclusion criteria

* BMI outside \[17 - 35 kg/m2\] * pregnancy or breast feeding women * non sinus cardiac rhythm * documented dysautonomia * complicated diabetes mellitus * known allergy to a drug used in the clinical trial

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
normalized remifentanil administrationDuring the surgery, an average Three hours and a halfratio of total amount of administered remifentanil with body weight and duration of administration

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
hemodynamic reactivity or bradycardia or hypotensionDuring the surgery, an average Three hours and a halfrelative amount of time during which heart rate or SBP exceed 120% of baseline, or heart rate drops below 40/min, or SBP drops below 75 mmHg.
total administered ephedrineduration of general anesthesiatotal amount of ephedrine administered during general anesthesia
Analgesia Nociception Index (ANI)During the surgery, an average Three hours and a halfrelative amount of time spent with ANIi in the \[0-50\], \[50-70\] and \[70-100\] windows. Same with ANIm
Bispectral Index (BIS)During the surgery, an average Three hours and a halfrelative amount of time spent with BIS in the \[0-40\], \[40-60\] and \[60-100\] windows.
Change antinociception/nociception balance status5 min before start of nociception, 5 min after start of nociception and 20 min after start of nociceptioncomposite measure: heart rate, blood pressure, ANIi, ANIm, end-tidal CO2, PeakPressure
Pain in PACUDuring the first two postoperative hoursVisual Analog Scale every 15 min in PACU The pain VAS is a continuous scale comprised of a horizontal (HVAS) or vertical (VVAS) line, usually 10 centimeters (100 mm) in length, anchored by 2 verbal descriptors, one for each symptom extreme (0, 10).
morphine in PACUDuring the first two postoperative hoursTotal amount of administered morphine during PACU stay
ketamine in PACUDuring the first two postoperative hoursTotal amount of administered ketamine during PACU stay
nausea/vomiting in PACUDuring the first two postoperative hoursreported number of nausea/vomiting during PACU stay
remi target changesDuring the surgery, an average Three hours and a halftotal number of target changes during general anesthesia
propofol target changesDuring the surgery, an average Three hours and a halftotal number of target changes during general anesthesia
normalized propofol administrationDuring the surgery, an average Three hours and a halfratio of total amount of propofol administered with body weight and duration of general anesthesia
ANI-REMI-loop switch to manualDuring the surgery, an average Three hours and a halfnumber of interventions on ANI-REMI-loop device: switch to manual

Countries

France

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORMathieu JEANNE, MD,PhD

University Hospital, Lille

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 21, 2026