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Effects of Low-dose Esmolol on Myocardial Injury After Non-cardiac Surgery in Elderly Frail Patients

A Phase 4 interventional study of Esmolol and Placebo Comparator: Placebo Comparator:normal saline(0.9%) in Frailty, Esmolol and Myocardial Injury, sponsored by Yongtao Sun. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 65 Years to 90 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-03-29.

Sponsored by Yongtao Sun · Phase 4, Interventional, and Other

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Feb 2023; still recruiting 3 years 8 months later.
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
2,000
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
65 Years to 90 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This topic will focus on the following questions:

  1. Part one: To clarify the relationship between preoperative frailty and myocardial injury (cTnT ≥0.03) after non-cardiac surgery in elderly patients; To further explore the predictive factors of myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery (MINS) in elderly frail patients before operation.
  2. Part Two: To explore the effect of low-dose esmolol on myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery in frail elderly patients.
Read the detailed description

Esmol is a short-acting selective β-adrenergic receptor blocker, which is often used in patients with cardiovascular diseases or hypertension. It is also used to reduce stress response, control heart rate and reduce myocardial oxygen consumption during perioperative period to effectively protect cardiac function. However, the safety and efficacy of perioperative β-blockers are still controversial due to their possible effects on renal function. Several recent studies have shown that β-blockers reduce perioperative myocardial ischemia and may reduce the risk of perioperative myocardial infarction (PMI) and cardiovascular death in high-risk patients . The 2021 American College of Cardiology /American Heart Association (ACC/AHA )guidelines for coronary revascularization suggest that dose adjustment can optimize the clinical effects of β-blockers, thereby reducing adverse effects during treatment . In addition, several studies have found that continuous intraoperative infusion of low-dose esmolol (5-10μg/kg/min) can reduce intraoperative stress response and maintain hemodynamic stability. The meta-analysis of esmolol by Ollila A et al. found that esmolol has a promising application in the prevention of perioperative myocardial ischemia and serious complications associated with long-term ischemia. Does perioperative Esmolol reduce the incidence of myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery (MINS)? The safety, outcome and benefit of perioperative esmolol in frail patients are still unclear. Therefore, this study intends to apply the appropriate dose of esmolol to prevent cardiovascular events in elderly frailty patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery, and explore the effect of low-dose esmolol on MINS in elderly frail patients, so as to provide feasible clinical measures for the safe outcome and rehabilitation of frail patients during perioperative period.

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Conditions studied

  • Frailty
  • Esmolol
  • Myocardial Injury

Keywords

  • myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery, MINS
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In context

Frailty

1,199 studies on the registry are indexed under Frailty; 430 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 2,000 is above the median of 80 across 681 interventional studies indexed under Frailty.

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Lead sponsor

Yongtao Sun is the lead sponsor of 7 studies on the registry; 6 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
65 Years to 90 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Age ≥ 65 years;
  2. ASA: ⅰ-ⅳ;
  3. Modified frailty index (mFI) ≥ 0.21;
  4. Patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Refuse to participate;
  2. Expected hospital stay \<3 days;
  3. Preoperative β-blocker therapy;
  4. History of myocardial infarction or coronary artery disease;
  5. Preoperative bradycardia (heart rate [HR] \< 50 bpm) or arrhythmia;
  6. Significant cardiac insufficiency (i.e., pulmonary artery pressure >18 mm Hg, cardiac index ≤ 2.2 L/min/m 2);
  7. Severe valvular heart disease;
  8. Severe lung disease (e.g. asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease);
  9. Patients with perioperative troponin elevation due to nonischemic causes (e.g., sepsis, pulmonary embolism, arrhythmia);
  10. The same patient can only be included once, regardless of whether the reason for the second operation is related to the first cause.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
2,000 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Experimental:Esmolol

    The treatment group was given esmolol 0.5mg/kg load, 10μg /kg/min continuous pump; Patient-controlled analgesia pump (sufentanil 2 μg/kg, 2 mL/h, for 48h) was used as the postoperative analgesia regimen in the two groups. If the VAS score was \>3, analgesic adjuvant drugs were given intravenously and recorded. If repeated treatment is ineffective, the study will be excluded.

    Drug: Esmolol

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo Comparator:normal saline(0.9%)

    The control group received the same volume of 0.9% normal saline, which was continuously pumped until the end of the operation before extubation.Patient-controlled analgesia pump (sufentanil 2 μg/kg, 2 mL/h, for 48h) was used as the postoperative analgesia regimen in the two groups. If the VAS score was \>3, analgesic adjuvant drugs were given intravenously and recorded. If repeated treatment is ineffective, the study will be excluded.

    Drug: Placebo Comparator: Placebo Comparator:normal saline(0.9%)

Interventions

  • DrugEsmolol

    The treatment group was given Esmolol 0.5mg/kg load and 10μg /kg/min continuous pump

  • DrugPlacebo Comparator: Placebo Comparator:normal saline(0.9%)

    The control group received the same volume of 0.9% normal saline, which was continuously pumped until the end of the operation before extubation.Patient-controlled analgesia pump (sufentanil 2 μg/kg, 2 mL/h, for 48h) was used as the postoperative analgesia regimen in the two groups. If the VAS score was \>3, analgesic adjuvant drugs were given intravenously and recorded. If repeated treatment is ineffective, the study will be excluded.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. incidence of Postoperative myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery(MINS)

    incidence of Postoperative myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery(MINS), blood samples were collected at 1 day before surgery and 1, 2, and 3 days after surgery. MINS diagnostic criteria: Blood samples were collected before surgery, 1d, 2d and 3d after surgery for Roche fourth-generation Elecsys hs-TnT detection, cardiac troponin(cTnT) ≥ 0.03 ng/mL, and MINS can be diagnosed.

    Time frame: incidence of MINS within 3 days after operation

Secondary outcomes

  1. the results of 30 days after surgery

    the results of 30 days after surge, demographic characteristics of patients, preoperative disease complications, the treatments number of intraoperative hemodynamic instability , hospital stays, any complications occurring within 30 days after surgery, and readmitted to hospital were recorded. Perioperative MAP \< 65 mmHg or bradycardia (HR) \< 50 times /min in both groups, and no spontaneous remission was found 5 minutes after the operation was stopped, that is, intervention measures were given, including ephedrine, atropine, dopamine and other treatments., demographic characteristics of patients, preoperative disease complications, the number of intraoperative hemodynamic instability treatments, length of stay, any complications occurring within 30 days after surgery, and readmitted to hospital were recorded.

    Time frame: Outcomes at 30 days after operation were recorded

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Qianfoshan Hospital, The First Hospital affiliated of Shandong First Medical University
    Jinan, Shandong, China
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 29, 2023, 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
NCT05635877
Lead sponsor
Yongtao Sun
Responsible party
Yongtao Sun (professor, Qianfoshan Hospital) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Dec 2, 2022
Start date
Feb 7, 2023
Primary completion
Nov 30, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 30, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 29, 2023

Study contacts

yongtao Sun, PH.D
Contact
sunyongtao1979@163.com
18660795201

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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