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Status unknownNCT02213718Updated Aug 11, 2014

The Effect of Desflurane on Myocardial Function in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

A Phase 4 interventional study of Desflurane and propofol in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Redo and General Anesthetic Drug Adverse Reaction, sponsored by Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 40 Years to 60 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2014-08-11.

Sponsored by Huazhong University of Science and Technology · Phase 4, Interventional, and Prevention

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Aug 2014), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
40 Years to 60 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study is to assess the effect of desflurane on myocardial function in patents who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting.

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Desflurane, one of the third-generation inhaled anesthetics, is introduced in clinical practice in 1990s. Decades of clinical use has provided evidence for desflurane's safe and efficacious use as a general anesthetic. Compared with other volatile anesthestics, it has several characteristics: lower blood and lipid solubility, more stable in vitro and the lowest in vivo metabolism. Its particular low fat solubility properties promote rapid equilibration and rapid elimination at the end of anesthesia which reduces slow compartment accumulation and promotes predictable emergence, early extubation, and the ability to rapidly transfer patients from the operating room to the recovery unit. In addition, several investigations found that patients with desflurane anesthesia recovered their protective airway reflexes and awakened to a degree sufficient to minimize the stay in the high dependency recovery area.

A burgeoning body of investigations has shown that desflurane can directly act on myocardial and vascular functions. Desflurane has coronary vasodilative effects in in situ canine hearts which is comparable to sevoflurane does. Although it is controversial regarding to the effect of desflurane on myocardial excitation-contraction coupling and electrophysiologic behavior, a elaborated study found desflurane induced a positive inotropic effect in rat myocardium in vitro compared with isoflurane. A recent study suggested that desflurane decreased right ventricular contractility much less and maintained the right over left pressures ratio at more favorable values compared with sevoflurane. Furthermore, substantial investigations found that clinically relevant concentration desflurane preconditioning or postconditioning could protect myocardium from ischemia-reperfusion in mammalian animal models or isolated human cardiac tissues. However, it is unclear whether desflurane can provide protection for patients with coronary artery disease. Therefore, this study is designed to investigate the effect of desflurane on myocardial function in patents who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting.

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Conditions studied

  • Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Redo
  • General Anesthetic Drug Adverse Reaction

Keywords

  • Desflurane
  • myocardial function
  • Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
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In context

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This study's planned enrollment of 60 is below the median of 103 across 255 interventional studies indexed under Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions.

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Lead sponsor

Huazhong University of Science and Technology is the lead sponsor of 241 studies on the registry; 60 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
40 Years to 60 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Diagnosed with CAD 2. ASAⅡ~Ⅲ

Exclusion criteria

-

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Left ventricular ejection fraction \<40%
  2. Left ventricular aneurysm
  3. Acute myocardial infarction in latest two weeks, atrial fibrillation
  4. Associated vascular diseases, severe systemic diseases involving the renal and hepatic systems
  5. Respiratory disease( forced vital capacity less than 50% of predicted values )
  6. Preoperative left bundle branch block -
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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
60 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Desflurane

    desflurane (7%-8% end-tidal concentration), sufentanil (TCI: 2-3 ng/ml) and vecuronium (0.04mg/kg/h)

    Drug: Desflurane · Drug: sufentanil

  • Active comparator
    propofol

    intravenous administration of sufentanil (1μg/kg), etomidate(0.3mg/kg) and vecuronium (0.08mg/kg). The anesthesia is maintained with propofol (TCI:3.5-4.0μg/min), sufentanil (TCI: 2-3 ng/ml) and vecuronium (0.04mg/kg/h).

    Drug: propofol · Drug: sufentanil

Interventions

  • DrugDesflurane

    desflurane (7%-8% end-tidal concentration)

    Also known as: brand names:Baxter, serial numbers and code names:not available yet

  • Drugpropofol

    propofol (TCI:3.5-4.0μg/min)

    Also known as: brand name:Diprivan, serial numbers and code names:not available yet

  • Drugsufentanil

    TCI: 2-3 ng/ml during the duration of surgery, an expected average of 4 hours

    Also known as: brand name: Yichang Humanwell pharmaceutical co.,LTD, serial numbers and code names: not available yet

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Serum Concentration of cTnI

    at the begingineg of the surgery,immediately after surgery,4 hours after the surgery, 8 hours after the surgery, 12 hours after the surgery, 24 hours after the surgery

    Time frame: 48 hours

Secondary outcomes

  1. Continuous Monitoring of ECG

    participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 5 weeks.ECG incidents such as tachycardia, bradycardia, premature ventricualr contraction and ST segment changes will be monitored and recorded.

    Time frame: participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 5 weeks

Other outcomes

  1. Incidence of segmental wall motion

    Incidence of segmental wall motions will be monitored during the surgery, an expected average of 4 hours.

    Time frame: Incidence of segmental wall motions will be monitored during the surgery, an expected average of 4 hours.

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Dept. of Anesthesiolgy, Tongji hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 11, 2014, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02213718
Lead sponsor
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Responsible party
Xin Chen (staff, Huazhong University of Science and Technology) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 11, 2014
Start date
Jul 2014
Primary completion
Jan 2017 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 2017 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 11, 2014

Study contacts

Ailin Luo, Doctor
Contact
alluo@tjmu.tjh.edu.cn
86-13507122565
Ailin Luo, Doctor
principal investigator · Tongji Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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