Sugammadex/Neostigmine and Liver Transplantation

Summary

Cirrhotic patients undergoing liver transplantation are at very high risk of post operative complication such as post-operative residual curarization. Rocuronium is a neuromuscular blocking agent that nowadays can be safely and rapidly antagonized with sugammadex. No one study compared sugammadex versus neostigmine after rocuronium infusion during liver transplantation.

Timeline

Start

2014-01

Primary completion

2019-01

Completion

2019-01

Publications

• Background Arbous MS, Meursing AE, van Kleef JW, de Lange JJ, Spoormans HH, Touw P, Werner FM, Grobbee DE. Impact of anesthesia management characteristics on severe morbidity and mortality. Anesthesiology. 2005 Feb;102(2):257-68; quiz 491-2. doi: 10.1097/00000542-200502000-00005.
• Background Craig RG, Hunter JM. Neuromuscular blocking drugs and their antagonists in patients with organ disease. Anaesthesia. 2009 Mar;64 Suppl 1:55-65. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05871.x.
• Background van Miert MM, Eastwood NB, Boyd AH, Parker CJ, Hunter JM. The pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of rocuronium in patients with hepatic cirrhosis. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 1997 Aug;44(2):139-44. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.1997.00653.x.
• Background Khalil M, D'Honneur G, Duvaldestin P, Slavov V, De Hys C, Gomeni R. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of rocuronium in patients with cirrhosis. Anesthesiology. 1994 Jun;80(6):1241-7. doi: 10.1097/00000542-199406000-00011.
• Background Jones RK, Caldwell JE, Brull SJ, Soto RG. Reversal of profound rocuronium-induced blockade with sugammadex: a randomized comparison with neostigmine. Anesthesiology. 2008 Nov;109(5):816-24. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31818a3fee.
• Deana C, Barbariol F, D'Inca S, Pompei L, Rocca GD. SUGAMMADEX versus neostigmine after ROCURONIUM continuous infusion in patients undergoing liver transplantation. BMC Anesthesiol. 2020 Mar 25;20(1):70. doi: 10.1186/s12871-020-00986-z.

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