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Evaluation of the Benefit of Non-opioid General Anaesthesia on Postoperative Pain in Laparoscopic Colonic Surgery

Evaluation of the Benefit of Non-opioid General Anaesthesia on Postoperative Pain in Laparoscopic Colonic Surgery

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05031234
Acronym
AGORA
Enrollment
160
Registered
2021-09-01
Start date
2020-12-17
Completion date
2023-02-17
Last updated
2023-12-18

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

Conditions

Colectomy

Brief summary

Evaluation of the benefit of non-opioid general anaesthesia on postoperative pain in laparoscopic colonic surgery

Detailed description

Single-centre prospective randomised study carried out in two parallel groups of patients undergoing laparoscopic colectomy. * Group 1: conventional general anaesthesia with morphine * Group 2: general anaesthesia without opiates

Interventions

DRUGanaesthesia without opiates

Anaesthesia without opiates for patients undergoing laparoscopic colectomy

DRUGanaesthesia with morphine

anaesthesia with morphine for patients undergoing laparoscopic colectomy

Sponsors

GCS Ramsay Santé pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

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

Masking description

The patient does not know which treatment is used for the anesthesia

Intervention model description

Single-centre prospective randomised study carried out in two parallel groups of patients undergoing laparoscopic colectomy. * Group 1: conventional general anaesthesia with morphine * Group 2: general anaesthesia without opiates

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Patient over 18 years of age who has read and signed the consent form for participation in the study * Patient candidate for laparoscopic colectomy (planned or emergency) with possible conversion to laparotomy

Exclusion criteria

* Severe renal failure with baseline clearance\<30, hepatic failure with baseline PT\<40%, cardiac failure with LVEF\<20%. * Patient under court protection, guardianship or curatorship * Pregnant or breastfeeding patient * Patient not affiliated to the French social security system * Impossible to give the subject informed information and/or to give written informed consent: dementia, psychosis, disturbed consciousness, non-French speaking patient * Contraindication to anaesthesia or to the administration of one of the products used in the anaesthesia protocol * Patient participating in another interventional research or in a period of exclusion from a previous research

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Morphine Use48 hoursAll intravenous and oral morphine consumed in the first 48 hours after surgery

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Duration of Mean arterial pressure <6548 hoursDuration of Mean arterial pressure \<65 mmHg (min)
Duration of Mean arterial pressure <5548 hoursDuration of Mean arterial pressure \<65 mmHg (min)
Average heart rate48 hoursAverage heart rate
Heart rate variability48 hoursHeart rate variability in percentage
Bradycardia duration < 5048 hoursBradycardia duration \< 50 (min)
Atropine dose administered48 hoursAtropine dose administered (mg)
Ephedrine dose administered48 hoursEphedrine dose administered (mg)
Noradrenaline dose administered48 hoursNoradrenaline dose administered (ug)
Neosynephrine dose administered48 hoursNeosynephrine dose administered (ug)
Urapidil dose48 hoursUrapidil dose (mg)
Nicardipine dose48 hoursNicardipine dose (mg)
Postoperative pain H12Hour 12Postoperative pain will be reported by the nursing staff on a simple numerical scale graduated from 0 to 10 after questioning the patient, according to the usual procedures of the department.
Postoperative hypoxemia48 hoursPostoperative hypoxemia (Yes/No)
Postoperative pain H36Hour 36Postoperative pain will be reported by the nursing staff on a simple numerical scale graduated from 0 to 10 after questioning the patient, according to the usual procedures of the department.
Postoperative pain H48Hour 48Postoperative pain will be reported by the nursing staff on a simple numerical scale graduated from 0 to 10 after questioning the patient, according to the usual procedures of the department.
Postoperative pain D30Day 30Postoperative pain will be reported by the nursing staff on a simple numerical scale graduated from 0 to 10 after questioning the patient, according to the usual procedures of the department.
Mean arterial pressure48 hoursMean arterial pressure (MAP) (mmHg)
Mean arterial pressure variability48 hoursMAP variability in percentage
Consumption of non-morphine drugDay 90Consumption of NSAIDs, nefopam, tramadol, ondansetron and other antiemetics
Assessment of toleranceDay 90All adverse events will be collected and compared between the 2 groups
Assessment of disabilityDay 30Assessment of disability with the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS2.0)
Time to extubation, time to resumption of transit, time to onset of first gas, length of stay in ICU and total length of hospital stayDay 90 at leastTime to extubation, time to resumption of transit, time to onset of first gas, length of stay in ICU and total length of hospital stay
Immediate postoperative hypoxemiaDay 1Immediate postoperative hypoxemia
Oxygen requirementDay 2Oxygen requirement (yes/no at D0, D1, D2)
Postoperative pain H24Hour 24Postoperative pain will be reported by the nursing staff on a simple numerical scale graduated from 0 to 10 after questioning the patient, according to the usual procedures of the department.

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 6, 2026