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Intravenous Versus Perineural Ondansetron for Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

Intravenous Versus Perineural Ondansetron as an Adjuvant in Autonomic Neural Blockade for Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Two-Center, Randomized, Double-Blind, Non-inferiority Trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06810882
Enrollment
170
Registered
2025-02-06
Start date
2025-02-16
Completion date
2026-12-17
Last updated
2026-02-12

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Conditions

Ondansetron, Laparoscopic, Gastrectomy

Keywords

Ondansetron, Laparoscopic, Gastrectomy

Brief summary

This prospective randomized non-inferiority study will be conducted to compare the analgesic anti-emetic effects of intravenous ondansetron versus perineural ondansetron in patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

Detailed description

Obesity and its associated disorders have significant implications for health, resulting in heightened productivity loss and reduced life expectancy while also negatively impacting the quality of life of patients. Surgical intervention is the most effective way to achieve sustainable weight loss in patients with obesity and to alleviate the associated comorbidities. Despite the current availability of minimally invasive bariatric surgical treatments, postoperative pain remains a significant issue. Vagal and sympathetic afferent signals originating from the gastrointestinal system stimulate the vomiting center, causing nausea and vomiting. Paragastric autonomic neural blockade (PANB) is a new method performed by injecting local anesthetic material into three to four separate points along the border between the lesser omentum and the stomach (from the esophagogastric junction to the distal antrum), the hepatoduodenal ligament, and the area covering the left gastric artery. This procedure aims to prevent visceral pain and symptoms of nausea and vomiting. Ondansetron is a serotonin receptor (5-HT3) antagonist used commonly to manage postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) through intravenous (IV) injection. It also has a local anesthetic effect and many studies used it as adjuvant in various regional anesthetic techniques. In this study, investigators will compare the combined antiemetic analgesic effects of IV and perineural (adjuvant to the local anesthetic bupivacaine in PANB) ondansetron. The investigators hypothesized that perineural administration of ondansetron will be non-inferior to the IV route regarding prophylaxis against PONV, and will provide superior postoperative analgesic effects by its local anesthetic enhancing action.

Interventions

DRUGPerineural ondansetron

Para-gastric autonomic neural blockade will be performed (after separation of the stomach and performing the methylene blue leak test) using 20 ml solution containing 18 ml bupivacaine 0.5% plus 2 ml (4 mg) ondansetron. At the same time, 15 ml saline will be injected slowly IV over 15 minutes.

Para-gastric autonomic neural blockade will be performed (after separation of the stomach and performing the methylene blue leak test) using 20 ml solution containing 18 ml bupivacaine 0.5% plus 2 ml saline. At the same time, 4 mg (2 ml) ondansetron mixed with 13 ml saline (total 15 ml) will be slowly injected IV over 15 minutes.

Sponsors

Tanta University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)

Masking description

double blinded

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Patients of either sex * American Society Anesthesiologists physical (ASA) status II-III * age between 18-65 years old * Body mass index (BMI) \>35 kg/m2 with comorbidity or \> 40 kg/m2 -- undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy with intraoperative surgeon performed laparoscopic paragastric autonomic neural blockade..

Exclusion criteria

* Allergy to experimental drugs. * Known to have long QT, previous history of postoperative nausea and vomiting * Abuse of alcohol, analgesia, or sedative antidepressant drugs * Chronic pain disorders * History of previous upper gastrointestinal system surgery, those with surgery-related complications during or after surgery. * Liver or kidney failure * Performance of concomitant procedures in addition to laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy * Anesthetic complications that may alter the postoperative management protocol.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Incidence of vomiting in the early 8 hours after surgery.8 hours after surgery.Any attack of vomiting will be recorded for all patients.
Degree of postoperative pain at 1 hour after surgery as measured by the numerical rating scale pain score.1 hour after surgery.Numerical rating scale pain score (NRS) ranges from 0 = no pain to 10= worst pain.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting at 1 h, 8 h, and at 24 hours after surgery.24 hours after surgery.Any attack of nausea and vomiting will be recorded for all patients. Numerical rating scale from 0 (no nausea) to 10 (worst nausea) will be used to assess the severity of nausea.
Number of rescue anti-emetic doses in the first postoperative day.24 hours after surgery.Routine anti-emetics will be given every 8 hours in the form of IV metoclopramide 10 mg. Rescue anti-emetic medication in the form of ondansetron 8 mg slowly IV will be given. The total required dose and number of ondansetron boluses will be recorded.
Postoperative pain scores at 4 h, 8 h, and 24 hour after surgery.24 hours after surgery.Numerical rating scale pain score (NRS) ranges from 0 = no pain to 10= worst pain will be used to evaluate pain scores after surgery.
Time to first rescue opioid analgesic.24 hours after surgery.opioid dose will be given to patients with pain score ≥ 4.
Total opioid dose in the first day after surgery.24 hours after surgery.opioid dose will be given to patients with pain score ≥ 4.
Patient satisfaction24 hours after surgery.Likert-type scale of 0-5 points will assess satisfaction before discharge from the hospital .

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

CONTACTOsama M Rehab, MD
osamarehab@med.tanta.edu.eg01095210806

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 13, 2026