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Opioid-based Versus Opioid-free Endotracheal Intubation

The Effect of Opioid-free Anesthesia on Hemodynamic Response and Nociception Level Index During Laryngoscopy and Intubation

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06464393
Enrollment
70
Registered
2024-06-18
Start date
2024-03-20
Completion date
2025-03-20
Last updated
2025-07-22

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Conditions

Analgesic Non-narcotic, Anesthesia, Anesthesia Intubation, Fentanyl, Opioid Use

Brief summary

The aim of this study will be to investigate the effect of opioid-free induction versus opioid-based induction on hemodynamic response and nociception level index during elective operations

Detailed description

Laryngoscopy and intubation stimuli can cause a sustained sympathetic response manifested as hypertension and tachycardia. Therefore, preadministration of opioid medication aiming at blunting this hemodynamic response is common in everyday anesthetic practice. Opioid-based anesthesia is associated with side-effects, such as respiratory depression, postoperative nausea and vomiting and occasional induction of tolerance and hyperalgesia. Research in recent years has focused on the quest for non-opioid-based regimens (opioid-sparing and opioid-free techniques). Most of the relevant studies however focus on the advantages that opioid-free techniques bear on early and late postoperative patient recovery. Literature on the effect of opioid-free techniques especially on laryngoscopy, intubation and subsequent hemodynamic response. Therefore, the aim of this study will be the comparison of the hemodynamic response to laryngoscopy and intubation between two groups of patients: a group in which opioid medications will be administered before anesthetic induction and a group in which a combination of lidocaine, dexmedetomidine and ketamine will be administered before anesthetic induction.

Interventions

Patients will be administered 0,8 mcg/kg Dexmedetomidine in 100 mL of normal saline within 10 minutes as premedication. Followingly, they will receive 1mL/10 kg of the solution containing ketamine, lidocaine and dexmedetomidine at predefined concentrations just before induction of anesthesia.

DRUGfentanyl

Patients will be administered 2 mcg/kg fentanyl in 100 mL of normal saline within 10 minutes as premedication. Followingly, they will receive 1mL/10 kg of normal saline solution 0.9% just before induction of anesthesia.

Sponsors

Aretaieion University Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

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

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* adult patients * American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification I-II * Mallampati classification 1, 2 or 3

Exclusion criteria

* anticipated difficult airway (Mallampati 4 classification, thyromental distance \< 6 cm, mouth opening \< 3 cm, neck extension\< 80 * atrioventricular block * bradycardia (heart rate less than 55/min) * preadministration of beta-blockers * eligibility for rapid-sequence induction * chronic use of opioid medications * known allergy to induction agents * history of psychiatric disease * language or communication barriers or lack of informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
change from baseline in systolic arterial pressure after premedication30 seconds after premedicationbaseline systolic arterial pressure will be measured as soon as the patient settles in the operating theatre
change from baseline in systolic arterial pressure immediately after premedicationimmediately after intubationbaseline systolic arterial pressure will be measured as soon as the patient settles in the operating theatre
change from baseline in systolic arterial pressure 1 minute after intubation1 minute after intubationbaseline systolic arterial pressure will be measured as soon as the patient settles in the operating theatre
change from baseline in systolic arterial pressure 3 minutes after intubation3 minutes after intubationbaseline systolic arterial pressure will be measured as soon as the patient settles in the operating theatre
change from baseline in systolic arterial pressure 5 minutes after intubation5 minutes after intubationbaseline systolic arterial pressure will be measured as soon as the patient settles in the operating theatre
change from baseline in diastolic arterial pressure after premedication30 seconds after premedicationbaseline diastolic arterial pressure will be measured as soon as the patient settles in the operating theatre
change from baseline in diastolic arterial pressure 1 minute after intubation1 minute after intubationbaseline diastolic arterial pressure will be measured as soon as the patient settles in the operating theatre
change from baseline in diastolic arterial pressure 3 minutes after intubation3 minutes after intubationbaseline diastolic arterial pressure will be measured as soon as the patient settles in the operating theatre
change from baseline in diastolic arterial pressure 5 minutes after intubation5 minutes after intubationbaseline diastolic arterial pressure will be measured as soon as the patient settles in the operating theatre
change from baseline in heart rate after premedication30 seconds after premedicationbaseline heart rate will be measured as soon as the patient settles in the operating theatre
change from baseline in heart rate 1 minute after intubation1 minute after intubationbaseline heart rate will be measured as soon as the patient settles in the operating theatre
change from baseline in heart rate 3 minutes after intubation3 minutes after intubationbaseline heart rate will be measured as soon as the patient settles in the operating theatre
change from baseline in heart rate 5 minutes after intubation5 minutes after intubationbaseline heart rate will be measured as soon as the patient settles in the operating theatre
ST segment change 1 minute post intubation1 minute after intubationST segment elevation or depression after intubation
ST segment change 3 minutes post intubation3 minutes after intubationST segment elevation or depression after intubation
ST segment change 5 minutes post intubation5 minutes after intubationST segment elevation or depression after intubation
duration of nociception level<25 for a 5-minute period after intubation5 minutes after intubationnociception level (NOL) is a device that measures the status of analgesia intraoperatively. Levels\<25 suggest adequate intraoperatively analgesia
time required to achieve a train-of four-ratio of 0within 2.5 minutes of neuromuscular blocking agent administrationthe train-of-four (TOF) ratio measures the ratio of the fourth stimulus to the first stimulus of four twitches of neuromuscular stimulation. When this ration reaches the value of 0, the patient is considered ready for intubation

Countries

Greece

Outcome results

None listed

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