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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN25537214
Date of registration: 11/11/2005
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Addenbrooke's Hospital (UK)
Public title: Sevoflurane-remifentanyl versus propofol-remifentanyl in surgery exceeding 4 hours
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Date of first enrolment: 12/06/2002
Target sample size: 100
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN25537214
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised active controlled parallel group trial (Treatment)  
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Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
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Name: Basil    Matta
Address:  Addenbrooke's Hospital CB2 2QQ Cambridge United Kingdom
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients undergoing surgery over 4 hours.
Exclusion criteria: 1. Allergy to sevoflurane or remifentanyl
2. Patient refusal
3. Morbidly obese
4. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) 3 or higher


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Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Prolonged surgery
Surgery
Intervention(s)
Please note that as of 04/08/10 the status of this trial has been updated to "Stopped". The study was closed on 16/01/09 due to difficulties in patient recruitment. The study did not reach sufficient power for trialists to reach a conclusion based on statistical significance.

The main findings were that in the limited number of subjects? studied, there no significant differences between the groups in either the primary or secondary objectives. However, it was evident that both techniques can be used effectively for these types of operations.

Randomised into receiving one of two types of anaesthesia.
Primary Outcome(s)
Haemodynamic stability
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. Nausea
2. Vomiting
3. Wake up time
Secondary ID(s)
02/138
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Abbott Laboratories (UK) - Unrestricted educational grant
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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