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Evaluation of Non-opioid Balanced General Anesthesia in Cardiac Surgery With Extracorporeal Circulation: a Randomized, Controlled, Multicenter Superiority Trial

Evaluation of Non-opioid Balanced General Anesthesia in Cardiac Surgery With Extracorporeal Circulation: a Randomized, Controlled, Multicenter Superiority Trial

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04886453
Acronym
OFACAR
Enrollment
321
Registered
2021-05-14
Start date
2021-08-30
Completion date
2024-03-21
Last updated
2024-05-17

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

Conditions

Cardiac Surgery, Opioid-free Anesthesia

Brief summary

Opioid-free anesthesia (OFA) is a general anesthesia based on the use of hypnotics and non-opioid analgesics (lidocaine, ketamine, dexamethasone, esmolol). This technique has been used for the past 10 years, during which randomized and non-randomized studies have demonstrated a number of positive effects on cardiac function: * better analgesia and decreased postoperative morphine consumption, * better respiratory function, * better hemodynamic stability, * better postoperative cognitive function. The hypothesis of the present study is that the use of OFA during cardiac surgery is associated with: * Improved intraoperative hemodynamic stability * A decrease in the incidence of postoperative complications * A reduction in intensive care and hospital length of stay

Interventions

DRUGBalanced general anesthesia without morphine

Balanced general anesthesia without morphine

DRUGStandard general anesthesia balanced with morphine

Standard general anesthesia balanced with morphine

OTHERData collection

Data collection

visual analog scale

OTHERRecovery quality score

QoR15 questionnaire

Sponsors

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

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

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Patient who has provided written and informed consent * Adult patient * Patient undergoing cardiac surgery which is: 1. Scheduled 2. With bypass surgery 3. Of the following types: aortic valve surgery, mitral valve surgery, tricuspid valve surgery, atrial myxoma, coronary artery bypass surgery, aortic surgery, combined surgery

Exclusion criteria

* Person not affiliated to national health insurance * Person under legal protection (curatorship, guardianship) * Person under court order * Pregnant or breastfeeding woman * Adult unable to express consent * Patient already included once in the study * Patient requiring emergency surgery within 24 hours * Patients with hypersensitivity to local anesthetics or opiates or to any of the excipients in the products used * Patients on antidepressants, neuroleptics such as non-selective MAOIs (iproniazid), selective A MAOI (moclobemide), selective B MAOI (selegiline) gabapentin (Neurontin®) * Patients with an unprotected atrioventricular conduction disorder * Patients with a prolonged QTc (\> 450 ms) on preoperative ECG * Patient with severe liver failure (PT\< 30%) * Patient suffering from respiratory failure (Long-term oxygen therapy patient except OSA) * Patient with uncontrolled epilepsy * Patient with preoperative cognitive dysfunction (MMS \<24) * Patient with intracranial hypertension * Patient with chronic kidney failure (dialysis, creatinine \> 200 μmol L-1) * Patient with porphyria * Patients treated with linezolid (Zyvoxid®) * Patients with severe arterial hypotension (systolic BP\<90 mmHg)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Occurrence of at least one postoperative complication30 days post-surgeryPost-operative complications: * postoperative neurological dysfunction * acute renal failure * acute respiratory failure * cardiovascular complications * death

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

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