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CompletedNCT05587803PSIWAVUpdated Feb 9, 2024

Comparison of 2 Depth of Sedation Indices in the Intensive Care Unit

An interventional study of Neurowave and Sedline indices in view in RASS-score, Deep Sedation and Post-cardiac Surgery, sponsored by Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel. Completed at 1 site in Belgium. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-02-09.

Sponsored by Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was Jun 2023, 3 years 4 months ago, and no results have been posted to the registry.
  • Registered 4 months after the study started (first participant enrolled May 2022, registered Sep 2022).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

In the intensive care unit of the Free University hospital of Brussels, sedated patients are standardly monitored with the Masimo SEDline device to see how deeply a patient is asleep. During this study we want to attach 1 extra device to 30 sedated patients, lying in the intensive care unit. This device, called the NeuroSENSE brain monitor from Neurowave systems, uses a different scale to indicate the ideal depth of sedation. In total, both devices will be hung on a patient for 2 times 35 minutes. At minute 33, a RASS score will be determined in each patient. This score will be determined by talking to the patient or administering a pain stimulus. Based on the reaction of the patient an estimation can be made how deeply a patient is sleeping. Our goal is to find out which device correlates best with the effective clinical state of the patient.

Read the detailed description

Adequate sedation level is important for patient comfort and safety. As under- and oversedation are common several devices are used that measure the Depth of Anesthesia (DoA). Each device uses its proprietary algorithm to calculate a depth of anesthesia index and each index has its own optimal range. The optimal range for the NeuroSense monitor (NeuroWave Systems inc., Cleveland, OH, USA) is between 40 and 60, while the optimal range for the SEDline monitor (Masimo Corporation; Irvine, CA, USA) is between 25 and 50. When the device indicates a value within these limits, the patient is optimally anesthetized for a surgical procedure. In this study, 30 patients will be monitored simultaneously by both the Neurowave and SedLine devices. The study will determine which device is the most accurate and therefore the most ideal for use in the ICU.

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Conditions studied

  • RASS-score
  • Deep Sedation
  • Post-cardiac Surgery
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In context

Lead sponsor

Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel is the lead sponsor of 362 studies on the registry; 103 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 and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Sedated patients hospitalized in ICU of the University Hospital of Brussels
  • Patients who are monitored with the SEDline/Masimo monitor
  • Patients who receive Remifentanil at a maximum concentration of 0,2 μg/kg/min and propofol with a concentration between 0,5-4,0 mg/kg/h
  • Age above 18 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with facial trauma
  • Pregnant patients
  • Patients who received muscle re-laxants
  • Patients in prone position
  • Lack of informed consent from the family
  • Patients who are hemodynamically unstable
  • Patients with neurotrauma or every other neurologic disorder
  • Patients post neurosurgery
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
30 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    study group

    This arm consists of all the patients that fulfill the inclusion and exclusion-criteria and are therefore suitable for the study. The Neurowave brain monitor is attached on the patients forehead and the study starts. At that moment the included patients are monitored by the Masimo/Sedline en the Neurosense/Neurowave monitor.

    Device: Neurowave and Sedline indices in view

Interventions

  • DeviceNeurowave and Sedline indices in view

    3 additional electrodes are attached on the patients forehead. After electrode placement, the indices of both the SEDLINE device and the NEUROWAVE device are noted every 5 seconds for 1 minute

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Comparison of the depth of sedation indices per assigned RASS score using the prediction probability

    The main objective of the study is to compare the DoA indices of the NeuroSense/NeuroWave monitor and the SEDline/Masimo monitor in sedated patients in ICU. Both values are then correlated with the patient's clinical sedation level by assigning a RASS score to the patient each time. The RASS score stands for Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale and ranges from -5 to +4. A score of -5 stands for a patient who is unresponsive to any stimuli whereas a score of +4 means a highly combative patient. To determine which device correlates best with the clinic, predictive probability will be used. The prediction probability is a value between 0 and 1. A score of 1 corresponds to a correct classification of the DoA in each case. A value of 0 corresponds to a discordance between the clinic and the index value. The device whose predictive probability is closest to 1 correlates best with the clinic and will likely be the best device to use.

    Time frame: 33 minutes

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Study locations

1 site
  • UZ Brussel
    Brussels, 1090, Belgium
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 9, 2024, 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
NCT05587803
Lead sponsor
Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 20, 2022
Start date
May 9, 2022
Primary completion
Jun 1, 2023
Completion
Jun 1, 2023
Last update
Feb 9, 2024

Study contacts

Jan Poelaert, MD,PhD
principal investigator

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
Yes
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