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Opioid-Free Anesthesia and Pain Study in Cardiac Surgery Patients

NCT07618130 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 400

Last updated 2026-06-01

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the effect of opioid-free anesthesia on the intensity of acute and chronic postoperative pain in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. The study will also evaluate the safety of opioid-free anesthesia in this patient population.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Is opioid-free anesthesia effective in reducing the intensity of acute and chronic postoperative pain in cardiac surgery patients?
* Is this anesthetic technique safe in this patient population? Patients will be randomized before surgery into two groups. In the first group, anesthesia will be performed with opioids, while in the second group, anesthesia will be performed without opioids. Researchers will measure acute postoperative pain during the first 48 hours using the Numeric Rating Pain Scale (NRPS). Chronic postoperative pain will be assessed after 3 months via a telephone interview.

Additionally, the incidence of adverse events-including postoperative delirium (POD), hemodynamic instability, respiratory complications, constipation, and postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV)-as well as overall treatment outcomes, will be evaluated.

Conditions

  • Posoperativ Pain
  • Chronich Pain
  • Postoperativ Delirum
  • Opoid-free Managment

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Opioid Free Anaesthesia

Anesthesia will consist of a multimodal combination of general non-opioid agents (propofol, dexmedetomidine, midazolam, sevoflurane, and esketamine) supplemented by regional anesthesia techniques, including the erector spinae plane block (ESPB), serratus anterior plane block, and parasternal block.

PROCEDURE

Opioid Anesthesia

This will include intraoperative opioids (e.g., fentanyl or sufentanil) in combination with general anesthetic agents such as propofol, sevoflurane, and midazolam, supplemented by additional analgesics as required. Regional anesthesia techniques (e.g., erector spinae plane block, serratus anterior plane block, or parasternal block) may also be performed at the discretion of the attending anesthesiologist

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Clinical Centre of Serbia

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-07-01
Primary Completion
2027-07-01
Completion
2027-11-20

Countries

  • Serbia

Study Locations

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