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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT01377623
Date of registration: 03/01/2011
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: New York University School of Medicine
Public title: Pilot Study on the Effect of Dexmedetomidine on Inflammatory Responses in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spinal Fusion
Scientific title: Pilot Study on the Effect of Dexmedetomidine on Inflammatory Responses in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spinal Fusion
Date of first enrolment: September 2010
Target sample size: 66
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01377623
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Other. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Alex Bekker, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  NYU School of Medicine
Name:     Michael Urban, MD
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Affiliation:  Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Adult (> 18) male or female who will undergo surgery for spinal fusion with general
anesthesia.

2. If female, subject is non-lactating and is either:

- Not of childbearing potential

- Of childbearing potential but is not pregnant at time of baseline as determined
by pre-surgical pregnancy testing.

3. Subject is ASA physical status 1, 2, or 3.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Cognitively impaired (by history)

2. Subject requires chronic antipsychotic history

3. Subject is anticipated to require an additional surgery within 90 days after the
intended spinal fusion

4. Subject known to be in liver failure

5. Subject has received treatment with alpha-2-agonist or antagonist within 2 weeks of
study entry

6. Subject for whom opiates, benzodiazepines, DEX are contraindicated

7. Chronic use of steroids/NSAIDs

8. Patients with serious bradycardia related arrhythmias, i.e. 2nd degree block.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Inflammation
Spinal Stenosis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Dexmedetomidine group
Drug: Placebo group
Primary Outcome(s)
Quality of Recovery Score (QoR-40) [Time Frame: Post-operative Day 3]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Concentration of IL-1a [Time Frame: Post-operative Day 1]
Concentration of IL-6 [Time Frame: Post-operative Day 1]
Concentration of IL-8 [Time Frame: Post-operative Day 1]
Concentration of TNF-alpha [Time Frame: Post-operative Day 1]
Secondary ID(s)
10-02185
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Hospira, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 14/12/2016
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT01377623
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