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Opioid-free Anesthesia Protocol for Neurosurgical Supratentorial Tumor Resection

Opioid-free Anesthesia Protocol on the Quality of Recovery After Neurosurgical Supratentorial Tumor Resection: A Randomized, Controlled, Clinical Trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06607029
Enrollment
170
Registered
2024-09-23
Start date
2024-10-21
Completion date
2026-03-31
Last updated
2025-03-11

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

Conditions

Supratentorial Tumors

Brief summary

Opioids have many side effects, such as constipation, urinary retention, itchy skin, respiratory depression, and postoperative nausea and vomiting. These side effects can lead to delayed recovery, longer hospital stays, and increased health care costs. Opioid-free anesthesia is the combination of anti-nociceptive drugs to block the different pathways involved in the transmission of nociceptive information, control pain, avoid opioid-related adverse reactions, and promote patient recovery. At present, opioid-free anesthesia is not widely used in craniocerebral surgery in neurosurgery, and the relevant clinical data are extensive. Therefore, the investigators urgently need to conduct a randomized controlled study to provide clinical evidence for the efficacy and safety of opioid-free anesthesia in neurosurgical patients.

Detailed description

Data sharing plan: The deidentified participant data reported in this study could be made available to researchers upon approval by the corresponding author (Dr. Ruquan Han, ruquan.han@ccmu.edu.cn) immediately after publication. The reasonable request should provide a formal protocol for database use that has been approved by the ethics institutions.

Interventions

DRUGthe opioid-based control group

Intraoperative analgesia will be administered with conventional opioid drugs such as sufentanil and remifentanil.

DRUGthe opioid-free anesthesia group

The patients will be administered with an opioid-free strategy during surgery. The investigator will use esketamine, dexmetopidine, and local anesthesia to control perioperative pain.

Sponsors

Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

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

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Scheduled to undergo craniotomy for supratentorial tumors with general anesthesia; * 18 years≤age≤65 years; * American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status of I to III; * Signed informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with a body mass index (BMI)≥35 kg/m2; * Patients with severe hepatic and renal insufficiency; * Patients with cognitive dysfunction, aphasia and other states that do not cooperate with the assessment; * Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging of the head showed midline displacement \>5 mm; * Patients undergoing electrophysiological monitoring during surgery; * Pregnant or lactating patients.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
the quality of recovery-15(QoR-15) score on the second day after surgeryon the second day after surgeryQuality of Recovery-15(QoR-15) score, as a tool to evaluate recovery quality during perioperative period. The QoR-15 scale was used to assess patients' postoperative recovery. Each item is scored on a 10-point scale, from 0 (worst recovery) to 150 (best recovery).

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The QoR-15 score on the 5th day after surgeryon the 5th day after surgery
The incidence of nausea and vomiting within 48 hours after surgery48 hours after surgery
The NRS pain score on the second and 5th days after surgeryon the second and 5th days after surgery
The sleep quality on the second and 5th days after surgeryon the second and 5th days after surgery
The incidence of chronic pain at 3 and 6 months after surgeryat 3 and 6 months after surgery

Countries

China

Contacts

Primary ContactHan
ruquan.han@ccmu.edu.cn010-59976660

Outcome results

None listed

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