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Last refreshed on: 8 August 2016
Main ID:  NCT02213159
Date of registration: 08/08/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: American University of Beirut Medical Center
Public title: Dexmedetomidine for Postoperative Analgesia After Bariatric Surgery
Scientific title: Intraoperative Dexmedetomidine Versus Morphine for Postoperative Analgesia After Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery
Date of first enrolment: July 2014
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02213159
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 2/Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Lebanon
Contacts
Name:     Sahar Siddik, M.D.
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Affiliation:  AUBMC
Name:     Carine Zeeni, M.D.
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Affiliation:  AUBMC
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Body Mass Index > 40 kg/m2 or BMI > 35 kg/m2 with comorbid conditions such as
hypertension, diabetes or sleep apnea

- American Society of Anesthesiologists class I or II

- Undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy bariatric surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

- Allergy to morphine or its derivatives

- Allergy to a-2 adrenergic agonists

- weight over 180 kg

- history of uncontrolled hypertension

- heart block greater than first degree

- prolonged QT interval

- clinically significant neurologic, cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, or
gastrointestinal diseases

- received an opioid analgesic medication within a 24 h period prior to surgery

- history of alcohol, drug abuse or chronic opioid intake

- history of psychiatric disorder

- pregnant or breastfeeding.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Obesity
Sleep Apnea
Diabetes
Hypertension
Intervention(s)
Drug: Dexmedetomidine
Drug: Morphine
Primary Outcome(s)
Total dose of morphine consumed in Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) [Time Frame: At discharge from the PACU]
Secondary Outcome(s)
incidence of pruritus [Time Frame: in the PACU]
overall satisfaction at one month [Time Frame: one month after surgery]
Quality of Recovery (QoR-40) score at 24 hours [Time Frame: at 24 hours]
incidence of respiratory complications [Time Frame: in the PACU]
incidence of vomiting or retching [Time Frame: in the PACU]
total morphine consumption at 24 hours [Time Frame: at 24 hours]
NRS for nausea [Time Frame: in the PACU]
Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) for Pain [Time Frame: in the PACU and at 24 hours]
Time to first morphine requirement in PACU [Time Frame: in the PACU]
time to discharge readiness in PACU [Time Frame: in the PACU]
Secondary ID(s)
ANES.CZ.2
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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