Muscle relaxation depth may impact breathing after surgery
NCT ID NCT07464288
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how deep muscle relaxation (using rocuronium) during abdominal surgery affects lung pressure and breathing problems after surgery. Researchers will compare deep versus moderate relaxation in 128 adults having open abdominal surgery. The goal is to see if one approach leads to fewer serious breathing issues like low oxygen or airway blockage.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Rocuronium
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could help doctors choose the best muscle relaxation depth to reduce breathing problems after abdominal surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study (128 people) that hasn't started yet. Results may not apply to all patients or surgeries, and the intervention is already in common use.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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 128 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Mar 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Elective abdominal surgery under general anesthesia that is expected to last longer than one hour * ASA I-II-III * Age ≥18 years * Written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Refusal to participate in the study * ASA ≥ IV * Age \<18 * Obesity (BMI\>30) and cachexia (BMI \<18) * Laparoscopic surgery * Emergency procedure * Allergy to drugs used during induction and maintenance of general anesthesia * Presence of psychiatric/neurologic/neuromuscular disease * Risk of malignant hyperthermia or having any relative with history of malignant hyperthermia * Use of medications that may affect neuromuscular function (anticonvulsants, aminoglycosides, magnesium salts, etc.) * Pregnancy * Presence of advanced chronic lung disease (asthma, COPD, etc.) * Presence of advanced liver and renal disease (creatinine\>1.6, liver function tests above twice the normal range)
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ankara Bilkent City Hospital
Ankara, Çankaya, 06530, Turkey (Türkiye)
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