Anesthesia study seeks safer surgery for heart and brain
NCT ID NCT03335579
First seen Jun 27, 2026 ยท Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at 50,000 adults who had non-cardiac surgery under general anesthesia. Researchers wanted to see if the type of anesthesia used was linked to serious heart or brain problems after surgery. The goal was to find safer ways to give anesthesia.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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50,000 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2016
- Finished
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Oct 2017
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
patients for non-cardiac surgery under general anesthesia
- Ages
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18 to 100 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * non-cardiac surgery, with age\> = 18 years old, ASA grade I-IV, under general anesthesia Exclusion Criteria: * non-general anesthesia, without the use of target-controlled infusion of remifentanil or sufentanil, absence of intraoperative or perioperative information.
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