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TerminatedNCT03365752Updated Apr 20, 2022Results posted

Chloroprocaine Spinal for Outpatient Knee Surgery

A Phase 2 interventional study of Chloroprocaine and Mepivacaine in Knee Arthroscopy, sponsored by Hospital for Special Surgery, New York. Terminated at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-04-20.

Sponsored by Hospital for Special Surgery, New York · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
Study halted due to COVID-19 pandemic and terminated early per request of principal investigator as Chloroprocaine use in spinal procedures has become incorporated as standard of care at HSS.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
39
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Outpatient knee surgeries with duration of less than one hour pose a challenge to the use of spinal anesthesia given that traditional agents remain in effect for 2-3 hours, thus creating a mismatch between length of surgery and anesthetic resolution. The investigators hypothesize that the use of chloroprocaine can combine the benefits of a short spinal anesthetic while avoiding the side effects of a general anesthetic, thus promoting earlier discharge.

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Conditions studied

  • Knee Arthroscopy
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients scheduled for a knee arthroscopy that is anticipated to be less than one hour
  • Age 18 to 80 years
  • Ability to follow study protocol
  • English speaking

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Hepatic or renal insufficiency
  • Younger than 18 years old and older than 80
  • Allergy or intolerance to one of the study medications
  • Chronic gabapentin/pregabalin use (regular use for longer than 3 months)
  • Chronic opioid use (taking opioids for longer than 3 months)
  • Patients unable to undergo a spinal anesthetic or Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA)/GA or patient refusal to spinal anesthesia or LMA/GA
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
39 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Chloroprocaine

    Drug: Chloroprocaine

  • Active comparator
    Mepivacaine

    Drug: Mepivacaine

  • Active comparator
    General Anesthesia

    Drug: General Anesthetics

Interventions

  • DrugChloroprocaine

    A spinal anesthetic with 2% chloroprocaine (2cc or 40 mg) will be performed

  • DrugMepivacaine

    A spinal anesthetic with 1.5% Mepivacaine (3cc or 45 mg) will be performed

  • DrugGeneral Anesthetics

    General anesthetics will be administered intravenously

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Readiness for Discharge

    Defined as duration from arrival in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU0 to the time patient meets the discharge criteria from the post anesthesia discharge scoring system (PADSS) for home readiness after ambulatory surgery

    Time frame: Determine within 24 hours after surgery

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Results

Posted Apr 20, 2022
Limitations and caveats
This project was terminated early, as enrollment was negatively impacted to due to the COVID-19 pandemic and because clinical practice has shifted to include the use of chloroprocaine in spinal procedures as standard of care at the Hospital for Special Surgery.

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneChloroprocaineMepivacaineGeneral Anesthesia
Started131313
Completed131313
Not completed000

Outcome measures

PrimaryReadiness for Discharge

Defined as duration from arrival in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU0 to the time patient meets the discharge criteria from the post anesthesia discharge scoring system (PADSS) for home readiness after ambulatory surgery

Time frame:
Determine within 24 hours after surgery
Reported as:
Mean · minutes
Readiness for Discharge
minutesChloroprocaineMepivacaineGeneral Anesthesia
Readiness for Discharge141.85 ± 39.17174.31 ± 38.74170.69 ± 67.9

Adverse events

Collected over Safety surveillance and reporting starts as soon as the subject undergoes surgery and receives treatment and lasts until the subject concludes their participation in the study or the subject/investigator withdraws the subject from the study. Up to 7 days following surgery.. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Chloroprocaine0/13 (0%)0/13 (0%)0/13 (0%)
Mepivacaine0/13 (0%)0/13 (0%)0/13 (0%)
General Anesthesia0/13 (0%)0/13 (0%)0/13 (0%)

Baseline characteristics

Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)ChloroprocaineMepivacaineGeneral AnesthesiaTotal
Mean49.26 ± 15.8751.90 ± 12.3450.65 ± 13.3950.6 ± 13.62
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)ChloroprocaineMepivacaineGeneral AnesthesiaTotal
Female45514
Male98825
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants)ChloroprocaineMepivacaineGeneral AnesthesiaTotal
Hispanic or Latino1001
Not Hispanic or Latino12131338
Unknown or Not Reported0000
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)ChloroprocaineMepivacaineGeneral AnesthesiaTotal
American Indian or Alaska Native0000
Asian0022
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander0000
Black or African American2035
White1013730
More than one race0000
Unknown or Not Reported1012
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Body Mass Index (BMI)(kg/m^2)ChloroprocaineMepivacaineGeneral AnesthesiaTotal
Mean27.35 ± 4.7927.96 ± 6.3528.65 ± 4.8227.99 ± 5.25
ASA Physical Status Classification
ASA Physical Status Classification(Participants)ChloroprocaineMepivacaineGeneral AnesthesiaTotal
ASA I - A normal healthy patient4149
ASA II - A patient with mild systemic disease912930
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Study locations

1 site
  • Hospital for Special Surgery
    New York, New York 10021, United States
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References and documents

Study documents

  • Protocol and statistical analysis plan · Feb 4, 2021

Documents are hosted by the registry — open the source record to download them.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03365752
Lead sponsor
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 7, 2017
Start date
Jun 24, 2018
Primary completion
Feb 4, 2021
Completion
Feb 4, 2021
Results posted
Apr 20, 2022
Last update
Apr 20, 2022

Study contacts

David Kim
principal investigator · Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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