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Plasmatic Concentrations of Propofol and Remifentanil in Obese and Non Obese Patients.

An interventional study of Pharmacokinetic of propofol and remifentanil in General Anesthesia and Obesity, sponsored by University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand. Completed at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-08-25.

Sponsored by University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand · Not applicable, Interventional, and Basic science

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 1 year 7 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Dec 2018, registered Jul 2020).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
40
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This prospective monocentric phamacokinetics study aims to compare plasmatic concentrations of Propofol and Remifentanil required to target a specific range of monitored anesthesia and analgesia during sus-mesocolic surgery in obese and non obese patients.

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Remifentanil and Propofol are administered intravenously as an opioid pain reliever and hypnotic pain reliever during anesthesia. Their advantages are numerous: short half-life allowing anesthesia and rapid awakening, little accumulation, allowing to adapt the level of anesthesia or sedation to each patient, few side effects.

Entropy° is an index derived from the electroencephalographic signal of patients, validated for the evaluation of the level of narcosis during general anesthesia.

ANI ° (nociception index analgesia) is an index using the ventilatory physiological variability of the sinus rhythm validated to monitor patient's analgesia during general anesthesia.

These non-invasive means of analgesia and sedation monitoring allows the clinician to ensure satisfactory levels of anesthesia by administering products at minimum effective doses.

The authors propose to determine whether, for a comparable target effect (analgesia and monitored sedation), plasmatic concentrations and administration rates of propofol and remifentanil necessary during general anesthesia for a comparable surgical stimulus are the same in populations of obese and non obese patients.

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Conditions studied

  • General Anesthesia
  • Obesity

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Keywords

  • General anesthesia
  • Obesity
  • Propofol pharmacokinetic
  • Remifentanyl pharmacokinetic
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In context

Obesity

6,296 studies on the registry are indexed under Obesity; 1,692 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 40 is below the median of 78 across 4,878 interventional studies indexed under Obesity.

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Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand is the lead sponsor of 841 studies on the registry; 178 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Obese patients group:

  • Age ≥ 18 years old
  • Severe and morbidly obese patients (35kg / m2≤IMC \<55kg / m2).
  • Patients undergoing general anesthesia for laparoscopic susmesocolic surgery (bariatric surgery or cholecystectomy).
  • Patients who have given their consent in the manner described by the public health law of August 9, 2004.
  • Patients benefiting from a Social Security scheme.

Group of non-obese patients:

  • Age ≥ 18 years old
  • Patients with normal weight or slightly overweight (19 \<BMI \<30).
  • Patients receiving general anesthesia for laparoscopic susmesocolic surgery (cholecystectomy).
  • Patients who have given their consent in the manner described by the public health law of August 9, 2004.
  • Patients benefiting from a Social Security scheme.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patient refusal
  • Age \<18 years old
  • Protected adults and vulnerable persons
  • Pace maker
  • General anesthesia in the 24 hours preceding this surgery
  • Proven or suspected dysautonomia
  • Premedication by gabapentin Neurontin °
  • Locoregional peri-medullary analgesia technique used concomitantly during the pre- and intraoperative period.
  • Unbalanced dysrhythmic heart disease (AC / FA; extrasystoles; non-sinus rhythm)
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding woman
  • Intubation impossible planned
  • Hypersensitivity to the products used
  • Allergy to peanut or soy
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
40 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Obese patients

    Severe and morbidly obese patients (35²≤BMI \<55)

    Drug: Pharmacokinetic of propofol and remifentanil

  • Active comparator
    Non Obese patients

    Patients with normal weight or slightly overweight (19 \<BMI \<30).

    Drug: Pharmacokinetic of propofol and remifentanil

Interventions

  • DrugPharmacokinetic of propofol and remifentanil

    Pharmacokinetic of propofol and remifentanil in both population: Obese and non Obese patients

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Plasma concentration of Propofol

    Plasma concentration of Propofol at different times during the maintenance phase of general anesthesia

    Time frame: 5 minutes after the insufflation of the pneumoperitoneum

  2. Plasma concentration of Propofol

    Plasma concentration of Propofol at different times during the maintenance phase of general anesthesia

    Time frame: 5 minutes after completion of the gastric slice or ligation of the bile ducts

  3. Plasma concentration of Propofol

    Plasma concentration of Propofol at different times during the maintenance phase of general anesthesia

    Time frame: At time of removing surgical specimen from the abdomen

  4. Plasma concentration of Propofol

    Plasma concentration of Propofol at different times during the maintenance phase of general anesthesia

    Time frame: At the exsufflation of the pneumoperitoneum

  5. Plasma concentration of Remifentanil

    Plasma concentration of Remifentanil at different times during the maintenance phase of general anesthesia

    Time frame: 5 minutes after the insufflation of the pneumoperitoneum

  6. Plasma concentration of Remifentanil

    Plasma concentration of Remifentanil at different times during the maintenance phase of general anesthesia

    Time frame: 5 minutes after completion of the gastric slice or ligation of the bile ducts

  7. Plasma concentration of Remifentanil

    Plasma concentration of Remifentanil at different times during the maintenance phase of general anesthesia

    Time frame: At time of removing surgical specimen from the abdomen

  8. Plasma concentration of Remifentanil

    Plasma concentration of Remifentanil at different times during the maintenance phase of general anesthesia

    Time frame: At the exsufflation of the pneumoperitoneum

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Study locations

1 site
  • Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, Pôle Médecine Périopératoire - Hôpital Estaing, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand
    Clermont-Ferrand, Puy De Dôme 63000, France
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 25, 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
NCT04492813
Lead sponsor
University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 30, 2020
Start date
Dec 20, 2018
Primary completion
Jan 25, 2021
Completion
May 25, 2021
Last update
Aug 25, 2021

Study contacts

Jean-Etienne Bazin, Pr
principal investigator · Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, Pôle Médecine Périopératoire - Hôpital Estaing, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand

Oversight

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