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CompletedNCT02217319Updated Aug 3, 2016

Cardioprotection by Sevoflurane Preconditioning in Noncardiac Thoracic Surgery

An interventional study of Sevoflurane and TIVA in High Sensitive Troponin T Release, sponsored by Dr. Horst Schmidt Klinik GmbH. Completed at 1 site in Germany. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-08-03.

Sponsored by Dr. Horst Schmidt Klinik GmbH · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
100
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

It has been shown that the use of volatile anaesthetics, that are usually used to perform a general anesthesia, have cardioprotective properties. This has been shown in animal studies and in patients that underwent cardiac surgery. The aim of our study is to examine if Sevoflurane, a volatile anaesthetic, has this properties in patients undergoing lung surgery.

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Conditions studied

  • High Sensitive Troponin T Release

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Keywords

  • Volatile Anesthetic
  • Cardioprotection
  • Lung surgery
  • non cardiac surgery
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In context

Hypersensitivity

1,916 studies on the registry are indexed under Hypersensitivity; 265 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 100 is above the median of 57 across 1,384 interventional studies indexed under Hypersensitivity.

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Lead sponsor

Dr. Horst Schmidt Klinik GmbH is the lead sponsor of 12 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Lung surgery
  • ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) physical status 1-3

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Disposition for malignant hyperthermia
  • Medication with ß-blocking drugs
  • Use of clonidin
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
100 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Sevoflurane

    Patients receive Sevoflurane 1 MAC (minimal alveolar concentration) after induction of anesthesia with propofol, remifentanil and atracurium for 30 minutes as preconditioning.

    Drug: Sevoflurane

  • Placebo comparator
    TIVA

    Patients received the standard total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) with propofol, remifentanil and atracurium.

    Drug: TIVA

Interventions

  • DrugSevoflurane

    Anaesthesia is induced (1-2 mg/kg) and maintained (5-7 mg/kg/h) with propofol and remifentanil (1 µg/kg and 0,2-0,4 µg/kg/min). After induction of anesthesia the propofol infusion is stopped and patients receive 1 MAC Sevoflurane over 30 min. Then the propofol infusion is restarted and Sevoflurane is washed out.

  • DrugTIVA

    Anaesthesia is induced (1-2 mg/kg) and maintained (5-7 mg/kg/h) with propofol and remifentanil (1 µg/kg and 0,2-0,4 µg/kg/min).

    Also known as: Placebo, Controll

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Troponin T

    assessing a change in high sensitive Troponin T (5th generation) Level before and at six time points after surgery (right after surgery, every 8 hours up to 40 hours after surgery)

    Time frame: change of Troponin T levels preoperative and postoperative up to 40 hours after surgery

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Study locations

1 site
  • Dr Horst Schmidt Klinik
    Wiesbaden, 65199, Germany
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 3, 2016, 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
NCT02217319
Lead sponsor
Dr. Horst Schmidt Klinik GmbH
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 15, 2014
Start date
Sep 2012
Primary completion
Aug 2013
Completion
Sep 2013
Last update
Aug 3, 2016

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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