Could the choice of anesthesia quiet the Body's surgical stress response?
NCT ID NCT07760402
First seen Aug 12, 2026 · Last updated Aug 13, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial asks whether the type of anesthesia used during kidney donation surgery influences the body's inflammatory response at a genetic level. Healthy living kidney donors will be randomly assigned to receive either propofol (intravenous) or sevoflurane (inhaled) for general anesthesia. Researchers will measure levels of three specific microRNAs—molecules that help regulate inflammation—in blood samples taken before, right after, and 24 hours after surgery. The goal is to see if one anesthesia method is associated with a more controlled inflammatory response, which could inform safer anesthesia practices for donors and potentially improve kidney quality for transplant.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- Two anesthesia drugs: propofol (given intravenously) and sevoflurane (inhaled as a gas)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help identify which anesthesia method causes less inflammation during kidney donation surgery, potentially improving donor recovery and protecting the donated kidney.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 34 participants, so results may not apply broadly. It measures molecular markers, not direct health outcomes, and the clinical significance of any differences is uncertain.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 34 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2026
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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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: * Living kidney donors aged between 18 and 65 years. * Scheduled for an elective donor nephrectomy operation under general anesthesia. * American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I or II. * Body Mass Index (BMI) strictly less than 35 kg/m². * Provided written informed voluntary consent to participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Known history or clinical diagnosis of malignancy or Diabetes Mellitus (DM). * Active or history of chronic systemic inflammatory or autoimmune diseases. * Chronic use of analgesics or documented history of substance abuse. * Known hypersensitivity or allergic reaction to any of the anesthetic agents used in the study (Sevoflurane or Propofol). * Diagnosed with dementia, severe cognitive impairment, or any significant psychiatric disorder.
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Locations
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Gaziantep University Sahinbey Research and Application Hospital
RECRUITINGGaziantep, Sahinbey, 27310, Turkey (Türkiye)
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