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NCT Number: NCT01849198

Accelerometry at the Neck: Comparison With m. Adductor Pollicis Stimulation

Accelerometric Assessment of neuromuscular block during anaesthesia is routinely performed at the M. adductor pollicis. However, many operations require positioning of the patients with arms attached to the body. In these situations, the anaesthesiologist has no access to the m.adductor pollicis.

In this study, a new position of accelerometry at the neck is evaluated: Stimulation of the n. accessorius with accelerometry of the m. trapezius.

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Key information

Conditions

Feasibility of Measurement of a Neuromuscular Block at the m. Trapezius

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

KKH Dormagen

Dormagen, 41540, Germany

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients undergoing general anaesthesia with endotracheal intubation
  • weight 50-90 kg

Exclusion criteria

  • Pregnancy
  • allergy to one of the drugs used
  • risk of pulmonary aspiration
  • expected difficulties with endotracheal intubation
  • intake of drugs known to influence neuromuscular block
  • infection (CRP > 0,5 mg/dl, leukocyte count > 12000/µl)

Treatment and study plan

accelerometry m. trapezius and m. adductor pollicis

Device

Primary outcomes

  1. Recovery to a train of four ratio of 0.9

    Time frame: 60 minutes

    Comparison between time to recovery [s] to a train of four ratio of 0.9 between both groups

Secondary outcomes

  1. onset of neuromuscular block

    Time frame: 10 min

    Comparison of onset time [s] between both groups. Onset time is defined as decrease of T1 to < 5% of initial twitch height.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Kreiskrankenhaus Dormagen

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
May 8, 2013
Registry last updated
Sep 7, 2016

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