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- Clinical Trial NCT03420586
Nitrous Oxide Added at the End of Sevoflurane Anesthesia and Recovery (SEVONATE)
November 8, 2022 updated by: General Hospital Zadar
Effects of Nitrous Oxide Added at the End of Sevoflurane Anesthesia on Recovery and Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting - a Randomized Clinical Trial (SEVONATE)
Addition of nitrous oxide N2O towards the end of prolonged isoflurane anesthesia hastens patients recovery.
The hypothesis is that the addition of N2O at the end of prolonged sevoflurane anaesthesia also hastens early recovery without increasing the frequencies and intensity of PONV and improves quality of recovery.
Study Overview
Status
Completed
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
The investigators will include 100 adult patients, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-III, who will be scheduled for elective laparotomies or laparoscopic surgeries under sevoflurane anesthesia lasting 120 minutes or longer.
After written informed consent participants will be randomized into two groups: GO2 - air in 30% oxygen and GN2O - the same mixture until the last 30 minutes of surgery when 70% N2O in 30% oxygen will be used.
General anesthesia will be performed with propofol and fentanyl for anesthesia induction, rocuronium for muscle relaxation and volatile anesthetic sevoflurane for maintenance.
The participants will be extubated in the operation room (OR) after they open their eyes and follow commands.
Postanesthetic recovery score by Aldrete, Ramsay sedation scale (RSS), and Simplified postoperative nausea and vomiting impact scale score by Myles (PONV ISS) will be used to assess recovery in PACU and surgical ward.
Modified Aldrete score assigns a score of 0, 1, or 2 to activity, respiration, circulation, consciousness, and color, giving a maximal score of 10 ( score of 9 indicates recovery sufficient for the patient to be transferred from the PACU).
RSS [score 1-6] consists of six levels of sedation [Awake levels: 1, anxious and agitated or restless or both; 2, co-operative, orientated, and tranquil; 3,responds to commands only.
Asleep levels are dependent on the response to a light glabellar tap or loud auditory stimulus: 4, a brisk response; 5, a sluggish response; 6, no response].
PONV ISS is the sum of the numerical responses to questions Q1 and Q2 ( Q1: The vomiting or dry-retching count?
0 - 2 or 3 (three or more times); Q2: Severity of nausea - interference with activities of daily living: score 0-3 [0 - not at all, 1-sometimes, 2- often or most of the time, 3 - all of the time] and score ≥5 defines clinically important PONV.
Quality of Recovery questionnaire (QoR-40) on the first, second and third postoperative days will be used for assessment of postoperative quality of recovery.The QoR-40 consists of five clinically relevant dimensions: (i) physical comfort (12 items), (ii) emotional state (9 items), (iii) physical independence (5 items), (iv) psychological support (7 items), and (v) pain (7 items).
Each item is rated on a five-point Likert scale.
The QoR-40 score ranges from 40 (extremely poor quality of recovery) to 200 (excellent quality of recovery).
A 100 mm visual analogue scale (VAS) [0= no pain, 10= maximal pain] and the use of postoperative analgesics (opioids/non-opioids: yes or no, quantity in milligrams) shall be used for pain assessment during the first 24 postoperative hours.The sample size for early recovery time (primary endpoint) is based on the results of our recent study.
The sample size was calculated on the assumption that 15 (SD 7) min would be needed for early recovery for the GO2 patients and that the GN2O patients would require four minutes less time (11 [SD 5] min).
We would need 38 participants in each group for the primary outcome to have a power of 0.8 and an alpha level of 0.05.
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
100
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Locations
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Zadar, Croatia, 23000
- General Hospital Zadar
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Participation Criteria
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
16 years to 78 years (Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult patients, American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical status ASA PS I-III, scheduled for laparotomic and laparoscopic surgery expected to last 2 hours or more who can understand and signed informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who will be discharged within 72 hours after surgery
- Patients on intensive care within few months before the study enrollment
- Diseases that impair gastric motility (diabetes mellitus, chronic cholecystitis, gastric and intestinal disease, neuromuscular disorders, neuropathies, liver dysfunction)
- Vestibular disease; history of migraine headaches, central nervous system injury
- Renal impairment
- Patients on antihistamines, antipsychotics, contraceptives, steroids within 72 hours before surgery
- Known hypersensitivity to drugs used in the study protocol
- Alcoholism, and/or opioid addiction
- Conditions that can influence the incidence of PONV, postoperative pain or morbidity (e.g., significant intraoperative surgery complications), intraoperative drug allergy, severe intraoperative hypotension, perioperative hypoxia, excessive blood loss, difficult intubation
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Double
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Active Comparator: Nitrous oxide Group
The nitrous oxide group (GN2O) will receive air in 30% O2 during general anesthesia until the last 30 min of surgery, when 70% N2O in 30% O2 will be administered.
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The nitrous oxide group (GN2O) will receive 70% N2O in 30% O2 at the end of surgery.
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No Intervention: Oxygen Group
The Oxygen group will receive gas carrier mixture consisting of air in 30% O2 during general anesthesia.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Early recovery (awakening) in the operation room (OR)
Time Frame: 15 minutes
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eye opening (in minutes), following verbal commands (in minutes), time to extubation (in minutes ), orientation to time and place (in minutes)
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15 minutes
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Postoperative nausea and vomiting
Time Frame: 24 hours
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Simplified postoperative nausea and vomiting impact scale:the sum of the numerical responses to questions Q1 and Q2 ( Q1: The vomiting or dry-retching count?
0 -2 or 3 (three or more times); Q2: Severity of nausea - interference with activities of daily living: score 0-3 [0 - not at all, 1-sometimes, 2- often or most of the time, 3- all of the time] ) and score ≥5 defines clinically important PONV.
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24 hours
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Quality of recovery
Time Frame: 72 hours
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Quality of Recovery 40 questionnaire on the first, second and third postoperative days: The QoR-40 consists of five clinically relevant dimensions: (i) physical comfort (12 items), (ii) emotional state (9 items), (iii) physical independence (5 items), (iv) psychological support (7 items), and (v) pain (7 items).
Each item is rated on a five-point Likert scale.
The QoR-40 score ranges from 40 (extremely poor quality of recovery) to 200 (excellent quality of recovery).
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72 hours
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Postoperative pain
Time Frame: 24 hours
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Visual analogue scale VAS pain score [a 100 mm visual analogue scale (VAS) 0= no pain, 10= maximal pain]
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24 hours
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Other Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Postoperative sedation
Time Frame: 2 hours
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Ramsay Sedation Scale [score 1-6] consists of six levels of sedation [Awake levels: 1, patient anxious and agitated or restless or both; 2, patient co-operative, orientated, and tranquil; 3, patient responds to commands only.
Asleep levels are dependent on the patient's response to a light glabellar tap or loud auditory stimulus: 4, a brisk response; 5, a sluggish response; and 6, no response].
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2 hours
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Postoperative nausea and vomiting
Time Frame: 24 hours
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The use of rescue antiemetics (yes/no and quantity in milligrams)
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24 hours
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Postoperative pain
Time Frame: 24 hours
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The use of analgesics (opioids/nonopioids:yes/no and quantity in milligrams)
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24 hours
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Readiness for Discharge from the Postanesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
Time Frame: 2 hours
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Modified Aldrete score: Activity - able to move voluntarily or on command: 2 - four extremities ; 1- two extremities ; 0- extremities 0; Respiration: 2 - able to deep breathe and cough freely , 1 - dyspnea, shallow or limited breathing , 0 - apneic.
Circulation - blood pressure , BP of preanesthetic level: 2 - BP ± 20 mm; 1 - BP ± 20-50 mm; 0 - BP ± 50 mm.
Consciousness: 2 fully awake;1 arousable on calling; 0 not responding.O2 saturation : 2 - able to maintain O2 saturation >92% on room air; 1- needs O2 inhalation to maintain O2 saturation >90%; 0 - O2 saturation <90% even with O2 supplementation.
A score 9 and more = Ready for Discharge from the Postanesthesia Care Unit
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2 hours
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Tatjana Simurina, MD, PhD, GH Zadar, Dpt. of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
- Principal Investigator: Boris Mraovic, Prof, MD, Anesthesiology & Parioperative Medicine School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, US
Publications and helpful links
The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.
General Publications
- Myles PS, Wengritzky R. Simplified postoperative nausea and vomiting impact scale for audit and post-discharge review. Br J Anaesth. 2012 Mar;108(3):423-9. doi: 10.1093/bja/aer505. Epub 2012 Jan 29.
- Myles PS, Weitkamp B, Jones K, Melick J, Hensen S. Validity and reliability of a postoperative quality of recovery score: the QoR-40. Br J Anaesth. 2000 Jan;84(1):11-5. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bja.a013366.
- Myles PS, Hunt JO, Nightingale CE, Fletcher H, Beh T, Tanil D, Nagy A, Rubinstein A, Ponsford JL. Development and psychometric testing of a quality of recovery score after general anesthesia and surgery in adults. Anesth Analg. 1999 Jan;88(1):83-90. doi: 10.1097/00000539-199901000-00016.
- Mraovic B, Simurina T, Gan TJ. Nitrous oxide added at the end of isoflurane anesthesia hastens early recovery without increasing the risk for postoperative nausea and vomiting: a randomized clinical trial. Can J Anaesth. 2018 Feb;65(2):162-169. doi: 10.1007/s12630-017-1013-y. Epub 2017 Nov 17.
- Peyton PJ, Wu CY. Nitrous oxide-related postoperative nausea and vomiting depends on duration of exposure. Anesthesiology. 2014 May;120(5):1137-45. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000122. Erratum In: Anesthesiology. 2014 Dec;121(6):1359.
- Agoliati A, Dexter F, Lok J, Masursky D, Sarwar MF, Stuart SB, Bayman EO, Epstein RH. Meta-analysis of average and variability of time to extubation comparing isoflurane with desflurane or isoflurane with sevoflurane. Anesth Analg. 2010 May 1;110(5):1433-9. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181d58052.
- Jones PM, Bainbridge D, Chu MWA, Fernandes PS, Fox SA, Iglesias I, Kiaii B, Lavi R, Murkin JM. Comparison of isoflurane and sevoflurane in cardiac surgery: a randomized non-inferiority comparative effectiveness trial. Can J Anaesth. 2016 Oct;63(10):1128-1139. doi: 10.1007/s12630-016-0706-y. Epub 2016 Jul 27.
Study record dates
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Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
February 7, 2018
Primary Completion (Actual)
July 10, 2021
Study Completion (Actual)
July 25, 2021
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
January 19, 2018
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
February 1, 2018
First Posted (Actual)
February 5, 2018
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
November 9, 2022
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
November 8, 2022
Last Verified
August 1, 2020
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Pathologic Processes
- Postoperative Complications
- Signs and Symptoms, Digestive
- Vomiting
- Nausea
- Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Central Nervous System Depressants
- Peripheral Nervous System Agents
- Analgesics
- Sensory System Agents
- Anesthetics, General
- Anesthetics
- Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
- Anesthetics, Inhalation
- Nitrous Oxide
Other Study ID Numbers
- 01-5623-7/17
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Undecided
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
No
product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.
No
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