Safety Study of Dexmedetomidine in Elderly Under General Anesthesia

Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out appropriate dose range of dexmedetomidine to provide the elderly patients satisfactory sedation and analgesia with stable hemodynamics during perioperative period of hip replacement under general anesthesia.

Timeline

Start

2019-06-01

Primary completion

2022-02-28

Completion

2022-03-30

Publications

• Background Colin PJ, Hannivoort LN, Eleveld DJ, Reyntjens KMEM, Absalom AR, Vereecke HEM, Struys MMRF. Dexmedetomidine pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic modelling in healthy volunteers: 1. Influence of arousal on bispectral index and sedation. Br J Anaesth. 2017 Aug 1;119(2):200-210. doi: 10.1093/bja/aex085.
• Background Colin PJ, Hannivoort LN, Eleveld DJ, Reyntjens KMEM, Absalom AR, Vereecke HEM, Struys MMRF. Dexmedetomidine pharmacodynamics in healthy volunteers: 2. Haemodynamic profile. Br J Anaesth. 2017 Aug 1;119(2):211-220. doi: 10.1093/bja/aex086.
• Background Le Bot A, Michelet D, Hilly J, Maesani M, Dilly MP, Brasher C, Mantz J, Dahmani S. Efficacy of intraoperative dexmedetomidine compared with placebo for surgery in adults: a meta-analysis of published studies. Minerva Anestesiol. 2015 Oct;81(10):1105-17. Epub 2015 May 25.
• Background Li Y, Wang B, Zhang LL, He SF, Hu XW, Wong GT, Zhang Y. Dexmedetomidine Combined with General Anesthesia Provides Similar Intraoperative Stress Response Reduction When Compared with a Combined General and Epidural Anesthetic Technique. Anesth Analg. 2016 Apr;122(4):1202-10. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000001165.
• Background Zhang DF, Su X, Meng ZT, Li HL, Wang DX, Xue-Ying Li, Maze M, Ma D. Impact of Dexmedetomidine on Long-term Outcomes After Noncardiac Surgery in Elderly: 3-Year Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Surg. 2019 Aug;270(2):356-363. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002801.
• Background Liu Y, Ma L, Gao M, Guo W, Ma Y. Dexmedetomidine reduces postoperative delirium after joint replacement in elderly patients with mild cognitive impairment. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2016 Aug;28(4):729-36. doi: 10.1007/s40520-015-0492-3. Epub 2015 Nov 11.
• Background Mei B, Meng G, Xu G, Cheng X, Chen S, Zhang Y, Zhang M, Liu X, Gu E. Intraoperative Sedation With Dexmedetomidine is Superior to Propofol for Elderly Patients Undergoing Hip Arthroplasty: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study. Clin J Pain. 2018 Sep;34(9):811-817. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000605.
• Background Hall JE, Uhrich TD, Barney JA, Arain SR, Ebert TJ. Sedative, amnestic, and analgesic properties of small-dose dexmedetomidine infusions. Anesth Analg. 2000 Mar;90(3):699-705. doi: 10.1097/00000539-200003000-00035.
• Background Wang BJ, Li CJ, Hu J, Li HJ, Guo C, Wang ZH, Zhang QC, Mu DL, Wang DX. Impact of dexmedetomidine infusion during general anaesthesia on incidence of postoperative delirium in elderly patients after major non-cardiac surgery: study protocol of a randomised, double-blinded and placebo-controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2018 Apr 21;8(4):e019549. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019549.
• Background Weerink MAS, Struys MMRF, Hannivoort LN, Barends CRM, Absalom AR, Colin P. Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Dexmedetomidine. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2017 Aug;56(8):893-913. doi: 10.1007/s40262-017-0507-7.
• Background Kim SY, Kim JM, Lee JH, Song BM, Koo BN. Efficacy of intraoperative dexmedetomidine infusion on emergence agitation and quality of recovery after nasal surgery. Br J Anaesth. 2013 Aug;111(2):222-8. doi: 10.1093/bja/aet056. Epub 2013 Mar 22.
• Liu H, Gao M, Zheng Y, Sun C, Lu Q, Shao D. Effects of dexmedetomidine at different dosages on perioperative haemodynamics and postoperative recovery quality in elderly patients undergoing hip replacement surgery under general anaesthesia: a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2023 Jun 8;24(1):386. doi: 10.1186/s13063-023-07384-z.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.