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CompletedNCT03389243P&MSPIVRSUpdated Dec 15, 2023

Paracetamol and Metamizole With SPI-guided Anaesthesia for VRS

An interventional study of Metamizol and paracetamol in Vitreoretinal Surgeries, Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting and Postoperative Pain, sponsored by Medical University of Silesia. Completed at 1 site in Poland. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 90 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-12-15.

Sponsored by Medical University of Silesia · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
165
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 90 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The aim of this randomized trial is to assess the efficacy of preemptive analgesia using paracetamol or metamizole or both of them under SPI-guided anaesthesia for vitreoretinal surgery (VRS), presence of PONV (postoperative nausea and vomiting) and oculocardiac reflex (OCR) and compare Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) with Surgical Pleth Index (SPI) for monitoring pain perception postoperatively.

Patients will receive general anaesthesia combined with either preemptive analgesia using preemptive intravenous infusion of 1,0 g of metamizol or preemptive intravenous infusion of 1,0 g of acetaminophen or both of them together.

Read the detailed description

Monitoring depth of anaesthesia using spectral entropy (SE) and quality of neuromuscular block are routine in modern anaesthesia, whereas monitoring of analgesia still requires further studies. Recently, the Surgical Pleth Index (SPI) was added as a surrogate variable showing the nociception-antinociception balance into abovementioned parameters constituting a novel approach in monitoring patients intraoperatively, known as adequacy of anaesthesia (AoA) or tailor-made anaesthesia.

Different options of preemptive analgesia are used to decrease the postoperative pain perception as well as diminish the rate of PONV by deceasing intraoperative consumption of intravenous narcotic analgesics

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Conditions studied

  • Vitreoretinal Surgeries
  • Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
  • Postoperative Pain

Keywords

  • Surgical Pleth Index (SPI)
  • General Anaesthesia (GA),
  • Numerical Rating Scale (NRS)
  • Adequacy of Anaesthesia (AoA)
  • Oculocardiac reflex (OCR)
  • paracetamol
  • metamizole
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In context

Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

638 studies on the registry are indexed under Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting; 110 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 165 is above the median of 112 across 529 interventional studies indexed under Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting.

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Lead sponsor

Medical University of Silesia is the lead sponsor of 115 studies on the registry; 26 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 90 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • written consent to participate in the study
  • written consent to undergo general anaesthesia alone or combined with different techniques of pre-emptive analgesia and vitreoretinal surgery

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • history of allergy to local paracetamol or metamizole
  • necessity of administration of vasoactive drugs influencing SPI monitoring
  • pregnancy
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    metamizol

    analgesic drug

    Drug: paracetamol · Drug: paracetamol and metamizole

  • Experimental
    paracetamol

    analgesic drug

    Drug: Metamizol · Drug: paracetamol and metamizole

  • Experimental
    metamizole & paracetamol

    analgesic drugs

    Drug: Metamizol · Drug: paracetamol

Interventions

  • in group M patients will receive pre-emptive analgesia using intravenous infusion of metamizol in a single dose of 1,25 gram

    Also known as: Pyralgin

  • in group P patients will receive pre-emptive analgesia using intravenous infusion of metamizol in a single dose of 1,25 gram

  • Drugparacetamol and metamizole

    Drug pages: Acetaminophen · Dipyrone

    in group PM patients will receive pre-emptive analgesia using intravenous infusion of metamizol in a single dose of 1,25 gram and paracetamol in a dose of 1 gram

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. pain perception intraoperatively

    The investigators will compare the efficacy of analgesia intraoperatively according to used preoperatively intravenous infusions . The investigators will administer a rescue dose of fentanyl intravenously in a dose of 1 mcg per kg of body weight in the case when SPI value increases over 10 points in SPI scale every 5 minutes until SPI value decreases back to baseline value. Additionally, the investigators will analyse rescue fentanyl consumption in abovementioned groups

    Time frame: intraoperatively

Secondary outcomes

  1. pain perception postoperatively

    The investigators will compare the efficacy of analgesia postoperatively according to technique of analgesia used preoperatively: intravenous infusion of either metamizol or paracetamol or both of them. The investigators use NRS and compare it with SPI values.

    Time frame: up to one hour after discharge to postoperative unit.

  2. PONV

    The investigators will compare the presence of PONV after emergence from GA in studied groups. The investigators will observe patients postoperatively and record any incidence of nausea or vomiting and in the abovementioned case the investigators will administer a standard dose of antiemetic drug.

    Time frame: up to 24 hours

  3. oculocardiac reflex rate

    The investigators will compare the rate of presence of OCR intraoperatively in studied groups

    Time frame: intraoperatively

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Study locations

1 site
  • Medical University of Silesia
    Sosnowiec, Silesia 41-200, Poland
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References and documents

Publications

  • Gruenewald M, Herz J, Schoenherr T, Thee C, Steinfath M, Bein B. Measurement of the nociceptive balance by Analgesia Nociception Index and Surgical Pleth Index during sevoflurane-remifentanil anesthesia. Minerva Anestesiol. 2015 May;81(5):480-9. Epub 2014 Jul 17. PubMed 25032676 ↗
  • Gruenewald M, Ilies C, Herz J, Schoenherr T, Fudickar A, Hocker J, Bein B. Influence of nociceptive stimulation on analgesia nociception index (ANI) during propofol-remifentanil anaesthesia. Br J Anaesth. 2013 Jun;110(6):1024-30. doi: 10.1093/bja/aet019. Epub 2013 Mar 6. PubMed 23471754 ↗
  • Gruenewald M, Ilies C. Monitoring the nociception-anti-nociception balance. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2013 Jun;27(2):235-47. doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2013.06.007. PubMed 24012235 ↗
  • Gruenewald M, Willms S, Broch O, Kott M, Steinfath M, Bein B. Sufentanil administration guided by surgical pleth index vs standard practice during sevoflurane anaesthesia: a randomized controlled pilot study. Br J Anaesth. 2014 May;112(5):898-905. doi: 10.1093/bja/aet485. Epub 2014 Feb 16. PubMed 24535604 ↗
  • Fekrat S, Elsing SH, Raja SC, Campochiaro PA, de Juan E Jr, Haller JA. Eye pain after vitreoretinal surgery: a prospective study of 185 patients. Retina. 2001;21(6):627-32. doi: 10.1097/00006982-200112000-00010. PubMed 11756886 ↗
  • Mandelcorn M, Taback N, Mandelcorn E, Ananthanarayan C. Risk factors for pain and nausea following retinal and vitreous surgery under conscious sedation. Can J Ophthalmol. 1999 Aug;34(5):281-5. PubMed 10486687 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — article in Pharmaceuticals in 2024, case reports

Supporting information: Informed consent form

Time frame: three years

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Jan 2018 to primary completion in Sep 2021, 44 months.

Of 181 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting, half reached primary completion within 13 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 26. This study's 44 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 181 studies reached it within 13 months; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 26.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Dec 27, 2017
First posted
Jan 3, 2018
StartActual
Jan 15, 2018
Primary completionActual
Sep 16, 2021
CompletionActual
Dec 16, 2022
Last update
Dec 15, 2023
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
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Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 15, 2023, 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
NCT03389243
Collaborators
Silesian University of Medicine
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 3, 2018
Start date
Jan 15, 2018
Primary completion
Sep 16, 2021
Completion
Dec 16, 2022
Last update
Dec 15, 2023

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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