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NCT Number: NCT05936671

EEG and ANI Guided Anesthesia and Quality of Recovery

This study aims to assess whether electroencephalogram (EEG) and nociception level-guided anesthesia can improve quality of recovery after laparoscopic gynecological surgery compared with standard care. Patients will be randomly assigned to either EEG and Analgesia Nociception Index (ANI)-guided anesthesia group (EEG-and-ANI-Guided group) or usual care group (control group). Primary outcome is 15-item Quality of Recovery (QoR-15) score at postoperative day (POD) 1. Secondary outcomes included remifentanil consumption during anesthesia, occurrence of awareness with recall, incidence of undesirable intraoperative movement, emergence time, postoperative pain scores, quality of recovery score at POD 2, and length of hospital stay.

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Key information

Age range

19 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Gangnam Severance Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

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About this study

Adult women scheduled to undergo laparoscopic gynecologic surgery will be screened for eligibility. Patients will be randomly allocate to either the EEG-and-ANI-guided group or usual care group.

In the guided group, sevoflurane concentration will be titrated according to EEG monitoring. Intraoperative infusion of remifentanil will be titrated by ANI monitoring.

In the usual care group, EEG and ANI sensor will be attached to patients, but EEG and ANI monitor will be blinded to the attending anesthesiologists. The anesthesiologists will provide a standard care of our institution for anesthetic and analgesic titration. In brief, hemodynamic variables and clinical situations will be used to titrate the anesthetic depth and analgesic dose.

Blinded investigator will assess quality of recovery questionnaire-15 at postoperative day 1 and 2.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

Adult female patients who are scheduled to undergo laparoscopic gynecological surgery.

  • Total laparoscopic hysterectomy with/without salpingo-oophorectomy
  • Laparoscopic myomectomy
  • Laparoscope-guided salpingo-oophorectomy
  • Laparoscope-guided ovarian cystectomy
  • Laparoscope-guided enucleation of ovarian cyst

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with nonregular sinus cardiac rhythm
  • Patients with implanted pacemakers
  • Patients on antimuscarinic agents, α2-adrenergic agonists, β1-adrenergic antagonists, antiarrhythmic agents
  • pregnant or breastfeeding women
  • Patients who are unable to communicate

Treatment and study plan

EEG-and-ANI-guided anesthesia

Procedure

During anesthetic maintenance, sevoflurane concentration will be titrated according to EEG monitoring. Sevoflurane concentration will be titrated to maintain intraoperative Patient state index (PSi) ≥ 35 and to avoid burst suppression. Intraoperative target-controlled infusion of remifentanil will be titrated to maintain intraoperative ANI between 50 and 70.

Standard Anesthesia

Procedure

During anesthetic maintenance, the attending anesthesiologists will provide a routine standard care for anesthetic and analgesic titration. In brief, hemodynamic variables and clinical situations will be used to titrate the sevoflurane concentration and remifentanil infusion rates.

sevoflurane and remifentanil

Drug

For anesthetic maintenance, balanced anesthesia with sevoflurane inhalation and target controlled infusion of remifentanil will be performed.

EEG and ANI

Device

EEG monitoring using SEDline (Masimo, Irvine, California, USA) and Analgesia Nociception Index (ANI; MetroDoloris Medical Systems, Lille, France) monitoring will be performed.

Primary outcomes

  1. 15-item Quality of Recovery (QoR-15) at postoperative day (POD) #1

    Time frame: 24 hours after the end of surgery

    The Korean version of 15-item Quality of Recovery (QoR-15) score. Each item uses an 11-point numeric rating scale. The sum of the scores of the 15 items ranges from 0 to 150, with a high score indicating good quality of recovery.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Remifentanil consumption during anesthesia

    Time frame: During surgery, from the anesthetic induction to emergence of anesthesia

    Total remifentanil consumption during anesthesia

  2. Occurrence of awareness with recall

    Time frame: During the operation.

    Occurrence of awareness with recall during surgery, which will be asked at postoperative day #1.

  3. Incidence of undesirable intraoperative movement

    Time frame: During the operation.

    Incidence of undesirable intraoperative movement during surgery

  4. Intraoperative end-tidal sevoflurane minimum alveolar concentration (MAC)

    Time frame: During the operation

    Intraoperative end-tidal sevoflurane minimum alveolar concentration (MAC)

  5. Intraoperative time ANI <50 [%]

    Time frame: During the operation.

    Intraoperative time of ANI value <50 / total duration of surgery (%)

  6. Intraoperative mean PSi

    Time frame: During the operation.

    Intraoperative mean Patient state index (a processed EEG parameter related to a patient's current level of sedation/anesthesia along a scale of 0 to 100, where 100 represents being fully awake)

  7. Intraoperative mean ANI

    Time frame: During the operation.

    Intraoperative mean Analgesia Nociception Index (expressed on a non-unit scale of 0-100; 100 indicates maximal relative parasympathetic tone)

  8. Intraoperative EEG burst suppression

    Time frame: During the operation

    Intraoperative occurrence of burst suppression on electroencephalogram

  9. burst suppression ratio

    Time frame: During the operation

    Intraoperative burst suppression ratio on electroencephalogram

  10. burst suppression duration

    Time frame: During the operation

    duration of burst suppression on electroencephalogram

  11. Emergence time

    Time frame: From time of administration of reversal agents of neuromuscular block until time of extubation, assessed up to 2 hours

    time between reversal of neuromuscular block and extubation

  12. Intraoperative hypotension

    Time frame: During the operation

    Incidence of hypotension during surgery

  13. Intraoperative phenylephrine consumption

    Time frame: During the operation.

    total dose of phenylephrine consumption during surgery

  14. Pain numeric rating scale (NRS)

    Time frame: scores during post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) stay, at postoperative 24, 48 hours

    NRS (0 to 10, with 0 being "no pain" and 10 being "the worst pain imaginable ") pain scores during post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) stay, at postoperative 24, 48 hours

  15. The incidence of post-operative nausea and vomiting

    Time frame: during the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) stay, at postoperative day 1, 2

    The incidence of post-operative nausea and vomiting

  16. Patient satisfaction with anesthetic management

    Time frame: At post-operative 24 hours

    Patient satisfaction with overall anesthetic management in 11-point scale (0-10), The higher the score, the higher the patient's satisfaction.

  17. Quality of Recovery Questionnaire (15-item Quality of Recovery) at postoperative day #2

    Time frame: At post-operative 48 hours

    Each item uses an 11-point numeric rating scale. The sum of the scores of the 15 items ranges from 0 to 150, with a high score indicating good quality of recovery.

  18. shivering, airway obstruction, respiratory depression, sedation in PACU

    Time frame: from time of the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) admission to time of discharge from PACU, assessed up to 2 hours

    Incidence of shivering, airway obstruction, respiratory depression, sedation

  19. Hospital length of stay

    Time frame: From date of hospital admission until the date of hospital discharge, assessed up to 100 weeks

    Hospital length of stay

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Sun-Kyung Park, MD,PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

821024505924

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Gangnam Severance Hospital

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Registry information

Official study title

Quality of Recovery After Electroencephalogram and Nociception Level-guided Versus Standard Anesthesia Care in Female Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Gynecological Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Jul 10, 2023
Registry last updated
Jul 23, 2026

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