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Status unknownNCT04109859Updated Oct 1, 2019

Effect of Methylene Blue on Perioperative Organ Function in Patients With Obstructive Jaundice

A Phase 1 interventional study of Saline and Methylene Blue in Jaundice, sponsored by Jiaolin Ning,MD. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-10-01.

Sponsored by Jiaolin Ning,MD · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Sep 2019), so the status shown — last known as Enrolling by invitation — may be out of date.

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 5 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Apr 2019, registered Sep 2019).
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
64
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

Among 10 studies in Jaundice with a site in China — 2 open to participants now, 2 under way, none of them phase 3. Jaundice · China.

Started
2019
the only one that year
Phase 1
Only one
of the 10
Registered
7th of 10
by date
Lead sponsor
1 of 10
Jiaolin Ning,MD

Among the 10 studies in Jaundice with a site in China, this one is the only one that started in 2019, is the only one in phase 1, and was the 7th registered.

By phase

10 studies; the count open now beside each. This study's row is marked.

Observational6 · 2 open
Phase 2/32 · 0 open
No phase1 · 0 open
Phase 1this study1 · 0 open

By the year they started

First in 2010; this study’s year is marked. 1 started in 2019.

Size and results

Median enrollment 67 across the 4 interventional studies, 235 across the 6 observational. Of the 2 that completed or were terminated, 0 (0%) have results posted.

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Study summary

Increased production of vasodilating substances such as NO plays an important role in the development of vasoplegic syndrome caused by obstructive jaundice.Methylene blue plays a role in raising blood pressure by inhibiting the vasodilator Nitric Oxide (NO)

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The level of circulating hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in patients with obstructive jaundice is significantly increased. As a direct opener of KATP channels in vivo, H2S also has diastolic peripheral vasculature . H2S participates in the occurrence of vasoplegic syndrome in patients with obstructive jaundice by interacting with NO. However, it is unclear whether methylene blue can relieve vasoplegic syndrome in patients with obstructive jaundice by inhibiting the vasodilating effect of substances such as H2S and NO.

Therefore, this clinical study intends to include patients with obstructive jaundice, using randomized, controlled, prospective study to explore the effect of methylene blue on the occurrence of vasoplegic syndrome, organ function and prognosis in patients with obstructive jaundice.

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Conditions studied

  • Jaundice

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Age: 18\~70 years old;
  2. I\~III;
  3. Ability to comply with research protocols;
  4. Patients with obstructive jaundice: patients with total greater than 50umol/L;
  5. Voluntarily participate in the study and sign the form. -

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. \~V grade;
  2. women during lactation and pregnancy;
  3. Patients with severe heart disease or lung disease before surgery;
  4. Participating in other trials in the last 2 months;
  5. Those whose mental state cannot cooperate, who suffer from mental illness, have no self-control, and cannot express clearly;
  6. Those who refuse to sign the form. -
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(3)

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ASA physical status

The anaesthetists’ scale of health before surgery: I is healthy, II has a mild illness that is under control, III a severe one, IV a severe illness that is a constant threat to life. V and VI are used for the critically ill and for organ donors.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
64 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Methylene blue group

    Before the anesthesia was intubated, the patients in the methylene blue group were given a 2 mg/Kg methylene blue 50 ml intravenously for 10 min; continuous constant speed pumping methylene blue(0.5mg/Kg/h).

    Drug: Methylene Blue

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo group

    Before the anesthesia was intubated, the placebo group was given 50 ml of normal saline for 10 min.continuous constant speed pumpingnormal saline (10ml/h).

    Drug: Saline

Interventions

  • DrugSaline

    When using saline, if found mean arterial pressure \<65mmHg, Cardic Output\>4L/min, Sequential Vascular Response\<800 (dyne×sec)/cm, starting dose of norepinephrine 0.04ug/min/kg

    Also known as: Placebo group

  • Patients in the methylene blue group were given methylene blue before anesthesia and continued intraoperative pumping

    Also known as: Methylene blue group

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation IIScore sheet

    use this Score sheet to evaluation of postoperative organ function in patients.The total score is 0 to 71

    Time frame: 3 days

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Study locations

1 site
  • department of anesthesia, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University Affiliation: Southwest Hospital, China
    ChongQing, Chongqing 400038, China
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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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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Started Apr 2019 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Jan 2021, 21 months after the start.

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

Registered
Sep 25, 2019
First posted
Sep 30, 2019
StartActual
Apr 1, 2019
Primary completionEst.
Jan 21, 2021
CompletionEst.
Jan 21, 2021
Last update
Oct 1, 2019
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
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 Oct 1, 2019, 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
NCT04109859
Lead sponsor
Jiaolin Ning,MD
Responsible party
Jiaolin Ning,MD (Professor of department of anesthesia, Southwest Hospital, China) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Sep 30, 2019
Start date
Apr 1, 2019
Primary completion
Jan 21, 2021 (estimated)
Completion
Jan 21, 2021 (estimated)
Last update
Oct 1, 2019

Study contacts

Jiaolin Ning, MD
principal investigator · Professor of department of anesthesia, Southwest Hospital

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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