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Status unknownNCT04634656Updated Jan 8, 2021

Lidocaine on Early Cognitive Dysfunction in Shoulder Arthroscopy

A Phase 2 interventional study of Lidocaine and Normal saline in Cognitive Dysfunction, Postoperative, sponsored by Assiut University. Status unknown at 1 site in Egypt. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-01-08.

Sponsored by Assiut University · Phase 2, Interventional, and Prevention

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Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
80
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
20 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The beach chair position (BCP) combined with deliberate hypotension impair cerebral perfusion pressure and oxygenation during arthroscopic shoulder surgeries and produce cerebral ischemia.

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Arthroscopic diagnosis and treatment of shoulder disorders have replaced open procedure as the primary treatment method. The beach chair (BCP) and lateral decubitus (LDP) positions are both considered as reliable techniques for performing effective arthroscopic shoulder surgeries. The usage of BCP for shoulder arthroscopic operations started from early 1980s.

The advantages of BCP include lack of brachial plexus strain, good intra-articular visualization, with the ease of conversion to an open approach if required.

The BCP combined with deliberate hypotension has been used to decrease intraoperative blood loss and allow a relatively blood-free surgical field. However, this combination has the risk to impair cerebral perfusion pressure and oxygenation during surgery and produce cerebral ischemia.

Lidocaine, a commonly used local anesthetic and class IB antiarrhythmic drug, that readily crosses the blood - brain barrier. Evans et al. initially reported cerebral protection of lidocaine in a feline model of cerebral arterial gas embolism. Later on, the effects of lidocaine on perioperative neuroprotection were detected. However, the mechanisms underlying lidocaine treatment-induced neuroprotection remain incompletely understood.

Lidocaine may provide cerebral protection through many mechanisms, including decreasing the cerebral metabolic rate, decelerating the ischemic transmembrane ion shift, and reducing the ischemic excitotoxin release.

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Conditions studied

  • Cognitive Dysfunction, Postoperative
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In context

Postoperative Cognitive Complications

264 studies on the registry are indexed under Postoperative Cognitive Complications; 54 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 80 is below the median of 110 across 147 interventional studies indexed under Postoperative Cognitive Complications.

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Lead sponsor

Assiut University is the lead sponsor of 4,901 studies on the registry; 2,098 are open to participants now.

Of its 13 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 0 (0%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
20 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients undergoing elective arthroscopic shoulder surgery under general anesthesia in beach chair position (BCP),
  • Age 20 to 65 years old.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score \< 23 before surgery
  • History of neurological disease (such as previous episodes of cerebral ischemia or stroke).
  • History of psychological disorder
  • Suspected history of adverse reactions to lidocaine
  • Drug or alcohol abuse
  • History of diabetes mellitus, sever hypertension, severe anemia, hepatic or renal dysfunction
  • Unwillingness to comply with protocol.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
80 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Group L

    Patients will receive lidocaine in a loading dose of 1 mg/ kg diluted in 10 ml of normal saline that will be infused over 5 minutes after induction of anesthesia then followed by a continuous infusion at 1.5 mg/ kg/ h diluted in normal saline to a volume of 50 ml until the end of surgery.

    Drug: Lidocaine

  • Placebo comparator
    Group C

    Patients will receive normal saline after induction of anesthesia with the same volume and rate changes as lidocaine group until the end of surgery.

    Drug: Normal saline

Interventions

  • DrugLidocaine

    Patients will receive lidocaine in a loading dose of 1 mg/ kg diluted in 10 ml of normal saline that will be infused over 5 minutes after induction of anesthesia then followed by a continuous infusion at 1.5 mg/ kg/ h diluted in normal saline to a volume of 50 ml until the end of surgery

    Also known as: Xylocaine

  • DrugNormal saline

    Patients will receive normal saline after induction of anesthesia with the same volume and rate changes as lidocaine group until the end of surgery

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Postoperative cognitive function

    Assessed using Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) test

    Time frame: 3 days after surgery

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Seham Mohamed Moeen
    Assiut, Asyut 71515, Egypt
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 8, 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
NCT04634656
Lead sponsor
Assiut University
Responsible party
Seham Mohamed Moeen Ibrahim (Principal Investigator, Assiut University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Nov 18, 2020
Start date
Jan 7, 2021
Primary completion
Nov 10, 2021 (estimated)
Completion
Nov 10, 2021 (estimated)
Last update
Jan 8, 2021

Study contacts

Seham M Moeen, MD
Contact
seham.moeen@yahoo.com
01006386324 ext. 02
Seham M Moeen, MD
principal investigator · Assiut University

Oversight

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