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CompletedNCT03911232Updated Jun 30, 2021

The Improvement of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring of Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve

An interventional study of sugammadex in Thyroid Intra-Operative Injury, sponsored by Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital. Completed at 1 site in Taiwan. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-06-30.

Sponsored by Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 1 year 9 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Mar 2015, registered Dec 2016).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
20 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Objectives: The use of neuromuscular blocking agent may interfere with the function of intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) in thyroid surgery.

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An enhanced neuromuscular-blockade (NMB) recovery protocol was investigated in a clinically applied during thyroid neural monitoring surgery. In as subsequent clinical application study, 60 patients who underwent thyroidectomy with IONM followed an enhanced NMB recovery protocol- rocuronium 0.6 mg/kg at anesthesia induction and sugammadex 2 mg/kg at operation start. Train-of-four (TOF) ratio was used for continuous quantitative monitoring of neuromuscular transmission.

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Conditions studied

  • Thyroid Intra-Operative Injury

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Keywords

  • intraoperative neural monitoring
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In context

Thyroid Diseases

967 studies on the registry are indexed under Thyroid Diseases; 197 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 60 is close to the median of 60 across 544 interventional studies indexed under Thyroid Diseases.

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Lead sponsor

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital is the lead sponsor of 281 studies on the registry; 57 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

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

Inclusion criteria

  • patients undergoing intraoperative neuromonitoring of recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroidectomy

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with a history of significant cardiac, pulmonary, hepatic, or renal disease, body mass index \<18.5 or >35, chronic drug or alcohol abuse
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
60 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Enhanced recovery

    rocuronium 2 effective dose at anesthesia induction sugammadex after skin incision and before extubation (total 2 mg/kg iv)

    Drug: sugammadex

  • No intervention
    Conventional anesthesia

    standard general anesthesia protocol (1 effective dose of rocuronium at anesthesia induction)

Interventions

  • Drugsugammadex

    standard general anesthesia protocol with sugammadex

    Also known as: Bridion

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. sugammadex 2 mg/kg allows effective and rapid restoration of neuromuscular function suppressed by rocuronium

    Electromyography signal to assess the quality of neuromonitoring

    Time frame: 1 month each case

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Study locations

1 site
  • I-Cheng Lu
    Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 30, 2021, 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
NCT03911232
Lead sponsor
Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
Responsible party
I-Cheng Lu (Doctor, Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Apr 11, 2019
Start date
Mar 2015
Primary completion
Mar 2016
Completion
Mar 2016
Last update
Jun 30, 2021

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
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