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The Effects of Intravenous Anesthetics and Inhaled Anesthetics on Patients' Postoperative Sleep

Effects of Intravenous Anesthetics vs Inhaled Anesthetics on Early Postoperative Sleep Quality and Complications of Patients After Laparoscopic Surgery Under General Anesthesia

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04123249
Enrollment
74
Registered
2019-10-10
Start date
2020-05-20
Completion date
2020-11-30
Last updated
2021-01-05

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Dreaming, General Anesthesia, Postoperative Sleep Quality, Propofol, Sevoflurane

Brief summary

Adequate sleep is necessary for physical and mental health of human being. Although surgery and anesthesia techniques have improved in resent years, postoperative sleep disturbance remains a challenging problem in surgical procedures1. Postoperative sleep fragmentation and poor sleep quality can not only result in hyperalgesia and a delay in postoperative recovery2, lack of sleep after surgery can also bring many potential adverse effects such as cognitive disorders (such as delusions, delirium), chronic pain, mood disorders, metabolic disorders, and pro-inflammatory changes3-5. Previous studies have reported that age, preoperative comorbidity and severity of surgical trauma were independent factors that associated with postoperative sleep disturbance6,7. Our prior studies have also found that patients are more likely to experience decreased sleep quality after receiving general anesthesia, which was characterized by a decrease in each sleep stage8. Propofol and sevoflurane are commonly used general anesthetics in clinical practice. The choice of anesthetic may also affect the cognitive outcome after surgery, but the results of clinical studies have always been contradictory. Some studies report that the cognitive results after inhalation are worse than those after intravenous anesthesia. And the incidence of dreaming was significantly higher in the sevoflurane anesthesia group compared to the propofol group9-11. Another study conduct among infants proved that compared with propofol-remifentanil, sevoflurane appears to be associated with less sleep disturbances in the first weeks after surgery12. Based on these conflicts, the aim of the current study was to compare the effect of propofol vs sevoflurane on early postoperative sleep quality and complications of patients receiving laparoscopic surgery after general anesthesia.

Interventions

DRUGPropofol

Group Propofol was given propofol 4mg/kg/h intravenous pumping to assist sedation

DRUGSevoflurane

Group Sevoflurane was given sevoflurane inhalation maintenance (concentration of 2% to 3% and mixed with 50% oxygen and air) to assist sedation;

Sponsors

Yanchao Yang
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

ASA : GradeⅠtoⅡ Laparoscopic surgery

Exclusion criteria

history of sleep apnea; severe neuropsychiatric disorders; long-term use of sedatives or sleeping pills; can not implement multi-lead sleep monitoring and other sleep disorders

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
postoperative sleep quality of one night before surgeryone night after the surgeryUse sleep monitor to test the sleep quality one night before surgery
postoperative sleep quality of the first night after surgerythe first night after surgeryUse sleep monitor to test the sleep quality the first night after surgery
postoperative sleep quality of the third night after surgerythe third night after surgeryUse sleep monitor to test the sleep quality the third night after surgery

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Postoperative pain score24h after surgeryUse visual analog scale (VAS) score, where 0 means no pain and 10 means severe pain,to evaluate pain scores after surgery
postoperative adverse effect24 hours after surgeryrecord the adverse reactions such as respiratory depression, bradycardia, nausea, vomiting and dizziness within 24 hours after surgery

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

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