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Remote Ischemic Preconditioning Before Abdominal Surgery

NCT01340742 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2023-10-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Major abdominal surgeries are associated with perioperative cardiac morbidity of up to 10%.

Ischemic preconditioning may have a protective effect. The purpose of this study is to find out remote ischemic conditioning by inflating a blood pressure cuff on the arm will have a protective effect.

Conditions

  • Perioperative/Postoperative Complications

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Remote Ischemic Pre-conditioning

Cuff placed on arm. Three 5- minute cycles of blood pressure cuff inflation: cuff is inflated to 200 mm Hg for 5 minutes followed by a 5-minute deflation (reperfusion.)

PROCEDURE

Control

Cuff placed on arm uninflated for 30 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ronit Lavi, MD · London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-06-30
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2013-06-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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