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Closed-loop Control of Anesthesia: Controlled Delivery of Remifentanil and Propofol

NCT01771263 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2016-08-24

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Summary

In closed-loop controlled anesthesia, feedback from a measure of the clinical effect is used to continuously adjust drug infusion rates. Anesthetic drugs are delivered at a variable rate that is personalized to the individual patient. The aim is to provide greater hemodynamic and respiratory stability, more stable depth of anesthesia, the ability to predict recovery and to administer a lower total dose of drug. Previous work in closed-loop control of intravenous anesthesia has focused on the titration of propofol in response to a depth of hypnosis (DOH) measure derived from the electroencephalogram (EEG).

The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate iControl-RP, a system, which performs controlled delivery of both remifentanil and propofol infusions. iControl-RP allows either drug to be operated in any of 3 modes: closed-loop control based on feedback from an EEG measure supplied by NeuroSENSE (1); target-controlled infusion (TCI), based on previously-described pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) models; and conventional manual infusion, which require a weight-based dose setting.

A pilot two-phase study will be undertaken in a group of adult patients under the direct and immediate supervision of an experienced anesthesiologist. In Phase 1 (involving 50 study subjects), propofol will be administered in closed-loop mode and a remifentanil infusion will be administered based on a TCI. The data collected in this phase will be used to tune the controller parameters, which are initially based on previously published PKPD data. The controller performance will then be evaluated in phase 2 (involving 100 study subjects), in which both propofol and remifentanil will be administered in closed loop mode. In both phases, cases will be selected from those receiving propofol and remifentanil as anesthetic agents for routine surgical procedures.

The investigators aim to demonstrate that closed-loop control of anesthesia and analgesia based on EEG feedback is clinically feasible. This pilot study will help us take a significant step towards a controlled trial in which the clinical benefit of this method of closed-loop control of anesthesia can be assessed.

Conditions

  • Anesthesia

Interventions

DEVICE

iControl-RP

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fraser Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Richard Merchant · Royal Columbian Hospital and University of British Columbia

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-02-28
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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