Association Between Anesthetic Drugs for General Anesthesia and Postoperative Intelligence/behavioral Assessment Results in Children

Summary

In this study, we compared the results of the intelligence and behavioral test performed after surgery between the group using sevoflurane and the group receiving dexmedetomidine and remifentanil, in Korean children under 2 years of age who underwent surgery under general anesthesia.

Timeline

Start

2020-06-17

Primary completion

2028-05-30

Completion

2028-12-30

Outcome

Results reported · no primary-endpoint met/missed verdict (typical of a dose-finding / safety study)

paper The primary endpoint-full-scale IQ at 5 yr of age-will be reported after completion of long-term follow-up. PMID 40923823 ↗

Publications

• Ji SH, Kang P, Cho SA, Park JB, Jang YE, Kim EH, Kim JT, Kim HS, Jung HJ, Jung HA, Lee HC, Lee JH. Effects of Dexmedetomidine-Remifentanil on Neurodevelopment of Children after Inhalation Anesthesia: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Anesthesiology. 2025 Oct 1;143(4):827-834. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000005634. Epub 2025 Sep 9.

Drugs

Indications