Status:

COMPLETED

Desflurane and Its Effect on Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality in Patients Undergoing Thoracic Surgery

Lead Sponsor:

University of Zurich

Collaborating Sponsors:

Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen

Kantonsspital Münsterlingen

Conditions:

Thoracic Surgery

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Desflurane and its effect on postoperative morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing thoracic surgery. Halothane, enflurane, isoflurane, sevoflurane, and desflurane are volatile anesthetics, a g...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria: • Elective thoracic surgery (thoracotomy, thoracoscopy)
  • Lung resection
  • One-lung ventilation
  • Adults (18-80 years of age)
  • ASA classification I - III
  • Written consent (signature from patient)
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • Known hypersensitivity or suspected allergy to propofol, soja or egg proteins
  • Known hypersensitivity to volatile anesthetics (malignant hyperthermia)
  • Medication with high dosage of statins
  • Therapy with cyclosporin
  • Severe renal impairment (GFR \< 30 ml/min)
  • Oral steroid treatment at present or stopped less than 3 months before surgery
  • Inflammatory processes (non-pulmonary or pulmonary): elevated C-reactive protein level (\> 20 mg/l) or leukocytosis (leukocytes \> 10x103/?l) or body temperature \> 37°C)
  • Pregnancy
  • Breast feeding
  • The subject must not be involved in any other clinical trial during the course of this trial, nor within a period of 30 days prior to its beginning or 30 days after its completion

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    December 1 2011

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    December 1 2014

    Estimated Enrollment :

    460 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT01452256

    Start Date

    December 1 2011

    End Date

    December 1 2014

    Last Update

    February 17 2016

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    University Hospital Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland