Clinical trial NCT04737473: The Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Two General Anesthesia Protocols Consisting of Fentanyl Plus Propofol Plus Rococuronium Plus Isoflurane Versus Ketamime Plus Magnesium Sulphate Plus Lidocaine Plus Clonidine Plus Propofol Plus Rococuronium Plus Isoflurane for Gynaecology Surgery in Cameroon
Official title: General Anesthesia Usiing Fentanyl Plus Propofol Plus Rococuronium Plus Isoflurane Versus Ketamime Plus Magnesium Sulphate Plus Lidocaine Plus Clonidine Plus Propofol Plus Rococuronium Plus Isoflurane in Gynaecology Surgery
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Opioids
Clinical Trial
Anesthesia
Gynecology
Surgery
Lead sponsor: University of Yaounde 1
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-02-03
Enrollment: 36
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 21
Maximum age (years): 70
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: SEQUENTIAL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Recently, a lot of side effects have been identified from the perioperative use of opioids. To remedy this, anesthesia research has recently focused on providing safe general anesthesia without opioids in a new concept or anesthetic technic called Opiod Free Anesthesia (OFA). Evidence on the effectiveness and safety of OFA is scarce in Africa, with no report from Cameroon.The aim of this study is to demonstrate the feasibility of an adapted OFA protocol as well as its efficacy and safety in very painful surgeries like gynaecology surgery in a low-resource setting.

Detailed description: The investigators intend to conduct a single-blinded randomized controlled trial on American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I and II women who will undergo elective myomectomy, hysterectomy, ovarian cystectomy and mastectomy between June 2021 to September 2021 at the Yaounde Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital of Cameroon. Participants will be matched for age and parity in a ratio of 1:1 into an Opiod Free Anesthesia (OFA) group and a general anesthesia (GA) group. The primary endpoints shall be the success rate of OFA. The secondary endpoints shall be the mumber or frequency of postoperative complications like respiratory distress, nausea and vomiting, paralitic ileus and severe postoperative pain. The threshold for statistical significance will be set at 0.05.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria :

* American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) grade I and II patients
* Patients undergoing an elective myomectomy, hysterectomy, ovarian cystectomy or total mastectomy.
* Patients who will be operated for benign pathologies or localized malignancies

Exclusion Criteria :

* Past history of allergy to any of the anesthetic drugs
* Refusal to consent to participate in the study

Primary outcomes:
measure: Intraoperative variables
timeFrame: 9 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Postoperative variables
timeFrame: 9 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Yaoundé
country: Cameroon
facility: Yaounde Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital
state: Centre
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Yaounde I
name: Jacqueline Ze Minkande, MD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Guinot PG, Spitz A, Berthoud V, Ellouze O, Missaoui A, Constandache T, Grosjean S, Radhouani M, Anciaux JB, Parthiot JP, Merle JP, Nowobilski N, Nguyen M, Bouhemad B. Effect of opioid-free anaesthesia on post-operative period in cardiac surgery: a retrospective matched case-control study. BMC Anesthesiol. 2019 Jul 31;19(1):136. doi: 10.1186/s12871-019-0802-y.
citation: Frauenknecht J, Kirkham KR, Jacot-Guillarmod A, Albrecht E. Analgesic impact of intra-operative opioids vs. opioid-free anaesthesia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Anaesthesia. 2019 May;74(5):651-662. doi: 10.1111/anae.14582. Epub 2019 Feb 25.
citation: Tochie JN, Bengono Bengono RS, Metogo JM, Ndikontar R, Ngouatna S, Ntock FN, Minkande JZ. The efficacy and safety of an adapted opioid-free anesthesia regimen versus conventional general anesthesia in gynecological surgery for low-resource settings: a randomized pilot study. BMC Anesthesiol. 2022 Oct 24;22(1):325. doi: 10.1186/s12871-022-01856-6.