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Patient-controlled Remimazolam Sedation Under Spinal Anesthesia

Patient-controlled Remimazolam Sedation During Primary Hip Arthroplasty Under Spinal Anesthesia: an Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Not yet recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07661810
Enrollment
104
Registered
2026-06-22
Start date
2026-07-01
Completion date
2027-05-31
Last updated
2026-06-22

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

Conditions

Hip Arthroplasty, Patient-controlled Sedation, Remimazolam, Spinal Anesthesia

Keywords

patient-controlled sedation, remimazolam, spinal anesthesia, hip arthroplasty

Brief summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the efficacy of patient-controlled sedation (PCS) versus clinician-controlled sedation (CCS) using remimazolam in adult patients undergoing primary hip arthroplasty under spinal anesthesia. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does patient-controlled sedation significantly reduce the total consumption of remimazolam compared to clinician-controlled sedation? * Are there differences in secondary outcomes, such as sedation depth , sedation-related adverse events, frequency of airway interventions, and patient/surgeon satisfaction? Researchers will compare the PCS group to the CCS group to see if the patient-controlled method leads to a reduction in total remimazolam consumption while maintaining effective sedation. Participants will: * Be randomly assigned to either the PCS group or the CCS group. * In the PCS group: Receive an initial 0.05 mg/kg remimazolam dose over 1 minute. If deeper sedation is desired, the patient can self-administer a 1 mg bolus of remimazolam via a button press, which has a 1-minute lockout interval. * In the CCS group: Receive an initial 0.05 mg/kg remimazolam dose over 1 minute, followed by a continuous infusion starting at 0.3 mg/kg/h. The clinician will assess the MOAA/S score every 10 minutes and adjust the infusion rate to maintain a target MOAA/S score of 3.

Interventions

Patients will receive an initial 0.05 mg/kg remimazolam dose over 1 minute. If deeper sedation is desired, the patient can self-administer a 1 mg bolus of remimazolam via a button press, which has a 1-minute lockout interval.

PROCEDUREClinician-controlled sedation

Patients will receive an initial 0.05 mg/kg remimazolam dose over 1 minute, followed by a continuous infusion starting at 0.3 mg/kg/h. The clinician will assess the MOAA/S score every 10 minutes and adjust the infusion rate to maintain a target MOAA/S score of 3.

Sponsors

Seoul National University Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER
Hana Pharm Co., Ltd.
CollaboratorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
19 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients aged 19 to 70 years with an ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) physical status of I or II who are undergoing primary hip arthroplasty under spinal anesthesia.

Exclusion criteria

* Refusal to participate in the study * Patients with contraindications to spinal anesthesia * Patients who do not consent to intraoperative sedation * Patients with contraindications to remimazolam * Patients with a history of allergy or hypersensitivity to remimazolam * Patients with a baseline MOAA/S (Modified Observer's Assessment of Alertness/Sedation) score of 4 or lower * Pregnant women

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Total remimazolam consumptionFrom start to end of anesthesia (the estimated period is up to 6 hours)Weight- and time-adjusted total remimazolam consumption (mg/kg/h)

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Preoperative Korean State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (K-STAI) X2 scoreDay before surgeryRange: 20-80 (lower values mean a higher anxious state)
Preoperative mAPAISDay before surgery
Baseline quality of recovery (QOR-15-K) scoreDay before surgeryrange:0-150 (a higher value means a better quality of recovery)
Preoperative Korean State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (K-STAI) X130 minutes before admission to operation roomRange: 20-80 (lower values mean a higher anxious state)
Intraoperative depth of sedationFrom start to end of anesthesia (the estimated period is up to 6 hours)Modified Observer's Assessment of Alertness/Sedation (MOAA/S) scale
Frequency of rescue sedative administrationFrom start to end of anesthesia (the estimated period is up to 6 hours)
Incidence of sedation-related adverse eventsFrom start to end of anesthesia (the estimated period is up to 6 hours)Tracking and Reporting Outcomes Of Procedural Sedation (TROOPS) criteria
Incidence of respiratory depressionFrom start to end of anesthesia (the estimated period is up to 6 hours)Peripheral oxygen saturation \< 95% or apnea \> 30 s.
Frequency of airway interventionsFrom start to end of anesthesia (the estimated period is up to 6 hours)
Length of stay in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU)During the day of surgery, an average of 1 hourDuration of the post-anesthetic care unit stay
Patient satisfaction score with sedationPostoperative/during the post-anesthetic care unit stay (the estimated period is up to 3 hours)How satisfied the patient was with sedation during surgery (10-point Likert scale, 10:the most satisfied, 0:the worst satisfied)
Surgeon satisfaction scorePostoperative period/within 1 hour after surgeryHow satisfied the surgeon was with the patient sedation during the surgery (10-point Likert scale, 10:the most satisfied, 0:the worst satisfied)
Quality of postoperative recovery (QOR-15K) scoreat postoperative 24 hoursrange:0-150 (a higher value means a better quality of recovery)

Contacts

CONTACTSeokha Yoo, M.D., Ph.D.
muroki85@snu.ac.kr+82-2-2072-2467

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jun 23, 2026