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RecruitingNCT06467513Updated Jun 21, 2024

To Investigate the Effect of Esketamine Hydrochloride on Pulmonary Complications

A Phase 4 interventional study of Esketamine hydrochloride injection in Heart Diseases and Heart Valve Diseases, sponsored by Zhang XIao Mei. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-06-21.

Sponsored by Zhang XIao Mei · Phase 4, Interventional, and Other

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by May 2025, 1 year 5 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Registered 5 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Jan 2024, registered Jun 2024).
  • Started Jan 2024; still recruiting 2 years 9 months later.
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
102
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of esketamine on intraoperative hemodynamics in patients with heart valve replacement and to mitigate postoperative pulmonary complications

Read the detailed description

After being informed of the study and potential risks, all patients who gave written informed consent will undergo pre-operative screening to determine eligibility for study enrollment. Before operation, eligible patients were randomly divided into esketamine group (0.2mg/kg, intraoperative pump), esketamine group (0.4mg/kg, intraoperative pump) and blank control group (physiological salt pump) in a double-blind way at a ratio of 1:1:1.

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Conditions studied

  • Heart Diseases
  • Heart Valve Diseases
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In context

Heart Diseases

3,639 studies on the registry are indexed under Heart Diseases; 461 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 102 is close to the median of 100 across 1,778 interventional studies indexed under Heart Diseases.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with Zhang XIao Mei as lead sponsor.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Age 18-75 years old, gender unlimited.
  • Elective heart surgery.
  • Patients who plan to undergo mitral and (or) aortic valve replacement (or repair) surgery, requiring extracorporeal circulation and aortic occlusion.
  • The New York Heart Association class is less than 4.
  • Voluntarily sign informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Non-cardiac surgery.
  • Second heart surgery.
  • Interventional surgery in heart valve surgery (TAVI, mitral clamp).
  • The patient refuses.
  • Pregnant women.
  • Patients with a history of lung surgery.
  • Patients with acute kidney injury requiring dialysis.
  • Patients with chronic renal insufficiency (stage III and above).
  • The patient was intubated before arriving at the operating room.
  • Patients with existing pulmonary complications (respiratory tract infection, pneumonia, pleural effusion, respiratory failure, atelectasis, pneumothorax, bronchospasm, ARDS).
  • The patient had neuropsychiatric disease and cognitive impairment before surgery.
  • Drug users and other long-term use of antipsychotic drugs.
  • Patients with any of the following contraindications for the use of ESketamine injection: patients with serious risk of elevated blood pressure or intracranial pressure; Patients with high intraocular pressure (glaucoma) or penetrating ocular trauma; Patients with poorly controlled or untreated hypertension (arterial hypertension, resting systolic pressure exceeding 180 mmHg, or resting diastolic pressure exceeding 100mmHg); Patients with untreated or undertreated hyperthyroidism (hyperthyroidism).
  • Liver function ALT, AST > 2 times normal.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Sequential assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
102 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • No intervention
    blank control group

    In the blank control group, no intervention was used during the operation, and normal saline was pumped according to the participant's body weight until the end of the operation.

  • Experimental
    Low dose esketamine hydrochloride injection group

    In the low-dose ESketamine hydrochloride injection group, 50mg of Esketamine hydrochloride injection was diluted with normal saline into a 50ml syringe, which was wrapped with light-proof paper and pumped continuously from the beginning of anesthesia to the end of surgery. The dosage was calculated as 0.2mg/kg.h.

    Drug: Esketamine hydrochloride injection

  • Experimental
    High dose esketamine hydrochloride injection group

    In the high-dose ESketamine hydrochloride injection group, 50mg of Esketamine hydrochloride injection was diluted with normal saline into a 50ml syringe, which was wrapped with light-resistant paper and pumped continuously from the beginning of anesthesia to the end of surgery. Dosage was calculated as 0.4mg/kg.h.

    Drug: Esketamine hydrochloride injection

Interventions

  • DrugEsketamine hydrochloride injection

    The low dose esketamine hydrochloride group was given 0.2mg/kg at induction of anesthesia, the high dose esketamine hydrochloride group was given 0.4mg/kg at induction of anesthesia, and the blank control group was not given Esketamine hydrochloride injection at induction of anesthesia.

    Also known as: 0.9% sodium chloride injection

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Pulmonary ultrasound score

    The anterior axillary line, posterior axillary line and paraspinal line were used as the boundary, and each lung was divided into 3 regions: anterior chest, underarm and back. Each area was given a maximum score of 3 out of 36, with higher scores indicating worse lung condition.

    Time frame: Baseline and day 1, day 2 and day 3 after surgery

Secondary outcomes

  1. The concentration of interleukin 6

    The concentration of interleukin-6 in participants before and during surgery, as well as after surgery, can reflect the size of the inflammatory response to some extent.

    Time frame: At baseline, before anesthesia induction, 10 minutes after insertion of tracheal catheter, 10 minutes after cardiopulmonary bypass, 10 minutes after completion of cardiopulmonary bypass, at the end of surgery, and 1 day after completion of surgery.

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University
    Zunyi, Guizhou 563000, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — After the clinical trial, each subgroup and its corresponding lung ultrasound score were shared with other research teams.

Supporting information: Csr

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 21, 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
NCT06467513
Lead sponsor
Zhang XIao Mei
Responsible party
Zhang XIao Mei (Anesthesiology resident, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi Medical College) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Jun 21, 2024
Start date
Jan 1, 2024
Primary completion
May 2025 (estimated)
Completion
May 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Jun 21, 2024

Study contacts

Xiaomei Zhang
Contact
3233598996@qq.com
+0086 18786233321
Wei Chen
study director · Staff member of Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University
Haiying Wang
principal investigator · Director of anesthesiology Department, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University

Oversight

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