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CompletedNCT04123249Updated Jan 5, 2021

The Effects of Intravenous Anesthetics and Inhaled Anesthetics on Patients' Postoperative Sleep

An interventional study of Propofol and Sevoflurane in Postoperative Sleep Quality, General Anesthesia and Propofol, sponsored by Yanchao Yang. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-01-05.

Sponsored by Yanchao Yang · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
74
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Adequate sleep is necessary for physical and mental health of human being. Although surgery and anesthesia techniques have improved in resent years, postoperative sleep disturbance remains a challenging problem in surgical procedures1. Postoperative sleep fragmentation and poor sleep quality can not only result in hyperalgesia and a delay in postoperative recovery2, lack of sleep after surgery can also bring many potential adverse effects such as cognitive disorders (such as delusions, delirium), chronic pain, mood disorders, metabolic disorders, and pro-inflammatory changes3-5. Previous studies have reported that age, preoperative comorbidity and severity of surgical trauma were independent factors that associated with postoperative sleep disturbance6,7. Our prior studies have also found that patients are more likely to experience decreased sleep quality after receiving general anesthesia, which was characterized by a decrease in each sleep stage8. Propofol and sevoflurane are commonly used general anesthetics in clinical practice. The choice of anesthetic may also affect the cognitive outcome after surgery, but the results of clinical studies have always been contradictory. Some studies report that the cognitive results after inhalation are worse than those after intravenous anesthesia. And the incidence of dreaming was significantly higher in the sevoflurane anesthesia group compared to the propofol group9-11. Another study conduct among infants proved that compared with propofol-remifentanil, sevoflurane appears to be associated with less sleep disturbances in the first weeks after surgery12. Based on these conflicts, the aim of the current study was to compare the effect of propofol vs sevoflurane on early postoperative sleep quality and complications of patients receiving laparoscopic surgery after general anesthesia.

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Conditions studied

  • Postoperative Sleep Quality
  • General Anesthesia
  • Propofol
  • Sevoflurane
  • Dreaming
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In context

Lead sponsor

Yanchao Yang is the lead sponsor of 2 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

ASA : GradeⅠtoⅡ Laparoscopic surgery

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

history of sleep apnea; severe neuropsychiatric disorders; long-term use of sedatives or sleeping pills; can not implement multi-lead sleep monitoring and other sleep disorders

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
74 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Group Propofol

    In the Group P, propofol 4-6 mg/kg/h and remifentanil 0.2μg/kg/min were infused by intravenous pump separately for assisted sedation and assisted analgesia.

    Drug: Propofol

  • Experimental
    Group Sevoflurane

    sevoflurane (concentration: 2%-3%, mixed with 50% air and 50% oxygen to keep the minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) at 1.0-1.1) was inhaled to maintain assisted sedation, and remifentanil 0.2 μg/kg/min was infused by intravenous pump for assisted analgesia.

    Drug: Sevoflurane

Interventions

  • DrugPropofol

    Group Propofol was given propofol 4mg/kg/h intravenous pumping to assist sedation

    Also known as: Intravenous Anesthetics

  • DrugSevoflurane

    Group Sevoflurane was given sevoflurane inhalation maintenance (concentration of 2% to 3% and mixed with 50% oxygen and air) to assist sedation;

    Also known as: Inhaled Anesthetics

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. postoperative sleep quality of one night before surgery

    Use sleep monitor to test the sleep quality one night before surgery

    Time frame: one night after the surgery

  2. postoperative sleep quality of the first night after surgery

    Use sleep monitor to test the sleep quality the first night after surgery

    Time frame: the first night after surgery

  3. postoperative sleep quality of the third night after surgery

    Use sleep monitor to test the sleep quality the third night after surgery

    Time frame: the third night after surgery

Secondary outcomes

  1. Postoperative pain score

    Use visual analog scale (VAS) score, where 0 means no pain and 10 means severe pain,to evaluate pain scores after surgery

    Time frame: 24h after surgery

  2. postoperative adverse effect

    record the adverse reactions such as respiratory depression, bradycardia, nausea, vomiting and dizziness within 24 hours after surgery

    Time frame: 24 hours after surgery

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Study locations

1 site
  • Shengjing Hospital
    Shenyang, Liaoning 110004, China
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 5, 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
NCT04123249
Lead sponsor
Yanchao Yang
Responsible party
Yanchao Yang (Principal investigator, Shengjing Hospital) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Oct 10, 2019
Start date
May 20, 2020
Primary completion
Nov 1, 2020
Completion
Nov 30, 2020
Last update
Jan 5, 2021

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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