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CompletedNCT04608682Updated Sep 21, 2022

Effect of Muscle Relaxation Reversal on the Success Rate of Motor Evoked Potential Recording

An interventional study of Sugammadex and Saline in Sugammadex and Motor Evoked Potentials, sponsored by Beijing Tiantan Hospital. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-09-21.

Sponsored by Beijing Tiantan Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
170
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Transcranial motor evoked potential (TcMEP) monitoring is conventionally performed during surgery without or with minimal neuromuscular blockade (NMB) because of its potential interference with signal interpretation.The feasibility of TcMEP interpretation was assessed during partial NMB in adult neurosurgical patients. However, partial NMB may interfere record of TcMEP monitoring. Sugammadex is the first highly selective antagonist that can reverse NMB. This study aims to evaluate the success rate of intraoperative muscle relax reversal by sugammadex on intraoperative TceMEP recording.

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Conditions studied

  • Sugammadex
  • Motor Evoked Potentials
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In context

Lead sponsor

Beijing Tiantan Hospital is the lead sponsor of 465 studies on the registry; 282 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 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Age range from 18 to 65 years old
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I to II

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • BMI ≥35 kg/m-2
  • History of epilepsy or use of antiepileptic drugs
  • Personal history or family history of malignant hyperthermia
  • Allergies to sugammadex; NMBs or other medication(s) used during general anesthesia
  • Hemoglobin \<110 g/L
  • TceMEP stimulation or recorded site infection
  • Preoperative neurological dysfunction in both upper extremities
  • Cardiac pacemaker
  • Pregnancy and lactation
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Sugammadex group

    Drug: Sugammadex

  • Sham comparator
    control group

    Drug: Saline

Interventions

  • DrugSugammadex

    The muscle relaxant infusion will be discontinued and a bolus of sugammadex (2mg/kg) will be given while performing TceMEPs.

  • DrugSaline

    The muscle relaxant infusion will be discontinued and 2ml saline will be infused, TceMEPs monitoring will be performed 5 minutes later.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The success rate of TceMEPs

    The success rate of Transcranial motor evoked potentials monitoring(TceMEPs)

    Time frame: 5 minutes after first performing of TceMEPs

Secondary outcomes

  1. Mean value of amplitudes of TceMEPs

    Mean value of amplitudes of Transcranial motor evoked potentials monitoring(TceMEPs)in the abductor pollicis brevis muscles of both upper extremities

    Time frame: 5, 10, 20, 30 and 60 minutes after first performing of TceMEPs

  2. Mean value of latencies of TceMEPs

    Mean value of latencies of Transcranial motor evoked potentials monitoring(TceMEPs) in the abductor pollicis brevis muscles of both upper extremities

    Time frame: 5, 10, 20, 30 and 60 minutes after first performing of TceMEPs.

  3. Thresholds of TceMEPs

    The thresholds that are required to obtain a dependable Transcranial motor evoked potentials monitoring(TceMEPs) response.

    Time frame: 5 minutes after first performing of TceMEPs

  4. respiratory pressure

    Peak respiratory pressures

    Time frame: during the surgery

  5. Adverse effects of sugammadex

    Adverse effects of sugammadex such as anaphylaxis (including flushing, oedema, tachycardia and bronchospasm), arrhythmias (heart rate lower than 60bpm), postprocedural pain, nausea and vomiting, fever (body temperature more than 37.3℃ ), and diarrhea, etc

    Time frame: during the surgery

  6. Incidence of body movement

    Incidence of body movement classified as either nociception-induced movement (defined as "coughing" or reflexive limb movement temporally related to MEP stimulation) or excessive field movement (defined as grossly visible movement as determined by surgical and anaesthesia teams).

    Time frame: during the surgery

  7. Recurrence of neuromuscular blockade

    Recurrence of neuromuscular blockade defined as TOFr \< 0.9

    Time frame: time of extubation

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Study locations

1 site
  • Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University
    Beijing, Beijing 100070, China
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References and documents

Publications

  • Jian M, Ma B, Liu H, Wang C, Liang F, Zhou Y, Qiao H, Han R. Effect of intraoperative muscle relaxation reversal on the success rate of motor-evoked potential recording in patients undergoing spinal surgery: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2022 May 2;12(5):e056571. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056571. PubMed 35501072 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes

Supporting information: Study protocol, Sap, Icf, Csr

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 21, 2022, 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
NCT04608682
Lead sponsor
Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Responsible party
Ruquan Han (Professor, Beijing Tiantan Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Oct 29, 2020
Start date
Aug 16, 2021
Primary completion
Aug 30, 2022
Completion
Aug 30, 2022
Last update
Sep 21, 2022

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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