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Minimal Sedation During Knee Replacement Surgery

Minimal Sedation During Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective Randomized Control Trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07371390
Enrollment
200
Registered
2026-01-27
Start date
2025-12-11
Completion date
2027-05-01
Last updated
2026-01-27

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

Conditions

Total Knee Arthroplasty

Keywords

Spinal Anesthesia, Minimal Sedation, Total Knee Arthroplasty, Knee Replacement, Audiovisual Distraction, Localized Anesthesia

Brief summary

This study will test the use of active noise cancelling headphones with music or a movie during knee replacement surgery. Feedback from the surgical team and from patients regarding the headset system will be gathered to see if using it can reduce the amount of sedation needed during knee replacement procedures that use localized anesthesia.

Interventions

DEVICEActive Noise Cancelling Headset System

The ANC Headset will allow patients to select music or a movie for audiovisual distraction during their surgery. This can be used when patients are not receiving general anesthesia (full sedation) for their surgery.

Sponsors

Mayo Clinic
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty * Indicated for Spinal Anesthesia * 18+ years old * Participant can independently provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty * Revision Knee Arthroplasty

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Mean Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale(RASS) Score30 minutes intraoperativelyRichmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) measures the amount of sedation necessary for a patient at different levels of discomfort or agitation during local anesthesia surgeries.
Protocol CompletionIntraoperativelyThis will measure the volume of patients that were unable to complete their procedure using spinal anesthesia and due to discomfort or agitation required deep sedation to continue to surgery.
Mean Propofol Infusion RateIntraoperativelyMean rate of propofol infusion necessary to achieve sedation targets during the procedure. Unit: mcg/kg/min

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Patient SatisfactionWithin 48 hours post-operativelyPatients will complete a satisfaction questionnaire post-operatively to determine their level of comfort with the sedation protocol they received during surgery.
Surgeon SatisfactionWithin 48 hours post-operativelySurgeons will be asked if they experienced interruptions or difficulty completing the procedure due to the sedation protocol administered to the patient.
Anesthetist SatisfactionWithin 48 hours post-operativelyAnesthesia staff will receive a questionnaire regarding satisfaction with efficacy of the sedation protocol administered during the surgery.

Countries

United States

Contacts

CONTACTGabriel D Schouten
schouten.gabriel@mayo.edu507-266-5895
CONTACTMatthew Hoplin
hoplin.matthew@mayo.edu507-284-1003
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORMatthew P Abdel, MD

Mayo Clinic

Outcome results

None listed

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