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HypercapniaNCT00708526

Improved Patient Recovery After Anesthesia With Hypercapnia Hyperpnoea

A study testing Quick Emergence Device in people with Hypercapnia, run by University of Utah at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The proposed study will measure the time from the end of surgery until the time patients meet the discharge criteria from the postoperative anesthesia care unit and the time from the end of surgery until the patients regained cognitive function after anesthesia. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Hypercapnia
What is being tested?
Quick Emergence Device
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
22 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Mar 2008to Nov 2008
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • adults
  • ASA class I-III
  • both genders
  • scheduled to undergo eye surgery at the Moran Hospital.

Who cannot join

  • a history of renal or hepatic disease,
  • chronic alcohol or drug abuse,
  • disabling neuropsychiatric disorder,
  • hypersensitivity or unusual response to other halogenated anesthetics,
  • pulmonary hypertension,
  • increased intracranial pressure,
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  • seizure disorder
  • personal/familial history of malignant hyperthermia.
  • currently being treated with known hepatic enzyme-inducing drugs (e.g., phenobarbital, dilantin or isoniazid)
  • or with drugs known to alter anesthetic requirements (e.g., opiates, clonidine, alpha2 agonists, alcohol, anticonvulsants, antidepressants, barbiturates, benzodiazepines or other tranquilizers).
  • intolerance to non-steroidal anti-inflammatories.
  • have received general anesthesia within the previous 7 days,
  • received any investigational drug within the previous 28 days,
  • participated in a previous isoflurane or desflurane study
  • Female subjects can be neither pregnant nor breast feeding.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84132

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About this study

The proposed study will measure the time from the end of surgery until the time patients meet the discharge criteria from the postoperative anesthesia care unit and the time from the end of surgery until the patients regained cognitive function after anesthesia.

Read the detailed description

Hypercapnia has been used in conjunction with hyperpnoea to provide a more rapid return of responsiveness after inhaled anesthesia. In our first clinical study with isoflurane we confirmed that the time from turning off the vaporizer to opening of eyes was shortened by an average of 62% when the minute ventilation was elevated and the end tidal carbon dioxide concentration was kept at 52 mmHg rather than 28 mmHg during emergence. In our second study we found that hypercapnia and hyperpnoea accelerated recovery proportionately for sevoflurane and desflurane. The benefits of accelerating subject recovery in the operating room may extend to the entire recovery period if the subject is more alert and easier to care for when they arrive in the post anesthesia care unit.

Conditions
Hypercapnia
Being tested
standard of care for phase one anesthesia care, Quick Emergence Device
Keywords
hypercapnia, hyperpnoea, accelerated recovery
Medical subject headings
Hypercapnia, Hyperventilation

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • standard of care for phase one anesthesia careOther

    Patients received intravenous fentanyl at the discretion of the attending anesthesiologist. Anesthesia was induced with a remifentanil infusion, lidocaine, propofol, and rocuronium or succinylcholine at the anesthesiologist's discretion. Maintenance anesthesia was 6% end tidal desflurane with oxygen flows of 2 L/min (though clinicians could deviate from this at their discretion). Clinicians were directed to maintain blood pressure at ±20% of baseline. A baseline remifentanil infusion was used throughout each case, and both remifentanil and fentanyl were titrated at the anesthesiologist's discretion. Ventilation was adjusted to maintain an end tidal carbon dioxide concentration (EtCO2) of 35 mmHg. Ondansetron 4 mg was given prophylactically before the end of surgery.

  • Quick Emergence DeviceDevice

    Also called QED-100 from Anecare Inc

    The Quick Emergence Device is placed between the endotracheal tube and the anesthesia breathing circuit to enable hypercapnia when ventilation is increased. The end-tidal gas sampling line is connected between the device and the endotracheal tube connector. Minute ventilation is doubled and the EtCO2 is elevated to approximately 48 mmHg from the previous maintenance level of 35 mmHg.

Study groups in NCT00708526
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Phase 1 RecoveryExperimentalQuick Emergence Device is in place for phase 1 anesthesia recovery
Receives: Device: Quick Emergence Device
Standard of careOtherTidal volume and respiratory rate are not changed during phase 1 recovery from anesthesia
Receives: Other: standard of care for phase one anesthesia care

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Recovery From Anesthesia

    average time in minutes from the time the surgeon finished closing the surgical incision until the time the investigator in the postoperative care unit determined that the patients meet the discharge criteria from the postoperative anesthesia care unit (their vital signs had been stable for at least 30 min, their pain scores were less than the tolerable pain scores, they could sit up without dizziness or nausea, and their Aldrete score was ≥8).

    Measured: up to 2 hours

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Return of Cognitive Function

    average time in minutes from the time the surgeon finished closing the surgical incision at the end of surgery until the patients could correctly state their full name, the current year and their day, month and year of birth

    Measured: up to 30 minutes

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted2 Jul 2008 (estimated)
  2. Study startMar 2008
  3. Primary completionNov 2008
  4. Study completionNov 2008

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Care provider
Enrolment
22 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00708526
Sponsor's protocol ID
26111
Status last verified
Nov 2022
First submitted
30 Jun 2008
Last updated
29 Nov 2022
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Quick Emergence Device in people with Hypercapnia, run by University of Utah at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 15 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 29 Nov 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 19 Oct 2011). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Recovery From Anesthesia (time frame: up to 2 hours). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 29 Nov 2022.

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