Effect of Dexamethasone Shortly Before Surgery on the Intraoperative Dose of Remifentanil

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2020-06-07
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This explorative post hoc analysis included patients randomized in the DEX-2-TKA trial (NCT03506789) who were operated under general anesthesia with remifentanil and propofol. Patients having general anesthesia with sevoflurane were excluded. As the two groups receiving preoperative dexamethasone were identical at the time of outcome assessment, they were merged to one and were compared with placebo.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Naestved Hospital
• Collaborator: Bispebjerg Hospital
• Treatments: Dexamethasone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participation in DEX-2-TKA (NCT03506789)

• General anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

• Spinal anestehesia

• Use of sevoflurane